Abbey Infant School And Teacher'S House

SK 57 NE WORKSOP CHEAPSIDE (North side)

3/47 Abbey Infant School and teacher's house

G.V. II

School and house. 1859, with later C19 projecting east wing to right, in Jacobean Revival style. Brick with steep pitched slate roofs and ashlar dressings; gabled roof ventilators and moulded coped gables with crosses; 2 rear wall stacks. Single storey, L-plan. All windows are mullioned and transomed casements in chamfered reveals. Main west wing has off-centre projecting bay with 4 light window and datestone inscribed 'Rectory Infant School A D 1859'. Above, ogee curved shaped gable with finial and central ventilator. Flanked by single 3 light windows. Beyond, to left, single window with C20 door inserted. Beyond, to right, doorway with chamfered lintel, and beyond again, gable of east wing, containing stepped-head 18 light window flanked by single windows, and above, central ventilator. West front has, to left, a 3 light window and to its right, 8 light stepped head window. To right again, east wing has central external stack flanked by single windows and to right, C20 door. House, 2 storeys, 2 bays. L-plan, has 2 gable and single rear and side wall stacks. Main south front has, to right, projecting gabled wing. 2 three light windows and above, 2 two light windows. Above again, to right, a trefoil opening. In return angle, a Tudor arched door and above, a single window.

Listing NGR: SK5907078806