Old School House And Attached Outbuildings

SK 52 NW 4/86 17.2.84

SUTTON BONINGTON BUCKS LANE (west side) No.17 and attached outbuildings, Old School House

G.V. II

School house and school room, now house, c.1719, mid and late C19. Red brick, some rubble. Slate roofs. C18 build with left external gable and single rear right red brick stacks. Brick coped gables with kneelers. Rubble plinth. First floor band. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Central doorway with plank door. Over, breaking the band, is a single slate tablet inscribed "Henry Tate Esq of Burleigh Hall in Leicestershire and Mr William Tate of London both born in this parish erected this Free School at their own proper cost and charges. The ground on which it is erected was the gift of Charles Parkyns Esq Lord of this Mannor Anno Dom 1719". To the right is a single glazing bar casement, to the left a single smaller glazing bar casement. Above is a single glazing bar sash with single glazing bar casement to the left. Projecting from the left is a late C19 single storey 2 bay wing with 2 tripartite casements, attached to the left is a lower single bay wing with no openings. Projecting from the right of the C18 build is a 2 storey, 2 bay mid C19 wing with external gable red brick stack, brick coped gable with kneelers and sprocketed eaves. Segmental arched doorway with panelled door, to the right is a single C20 glazing bar casement and above is a single small glazing bar casement.

Listing NGR: SK5047825435