Lucton School is a Grade II* listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1959. A C18 School. 3 related planning applications.
Lucton School
- WRENN ID
- frozen-sentry-pigeon
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1959
- Type
- School
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lucton School is a school building dating from 1708, with an extension added in 1886. It is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings and features a hipped slate roof. The building is arranged in a U-shape, with the front range oriented north-west to south-east. This front range includes a central entrance hall, an office to the south, and the headmaster's room also to the south. The rear wings extend to the south-west, with the northern wing housing the kitchens and the southern wing serving as a dining room.
The north-east front of the building has two storeys with an attic, which is illuminated by two hipped dormers. It features chamfered ashlar quoins, a moulded stone cornice, and a brick band at the ground floor. The façade is divided into 2 + 3 + 2 bays, with the central portion slightly projecting and topped by a pediment that displays a painted clock face inscribed with "IP/ 1708" within a scrolled frame. The windows are boxed glazing bar sashes, with the boxes featuring light mouldings. The central bay includes a niche with a semi-circular head that holds a painted stone statue of the founder, John Pierrepont, which is almost life-size. The ground floor windows are 15-pane boxed sashes set under segmental heads. The entrance is adorned with a semi-domed wooden canopy supported by carved and scrolled brackets. At the top of the building, there is a central wooden bell turret with a square plan, arched openings, a cornice, and an ogee-shaped lead roof. A wrought iron weathervane dated 1708 crowns the turret.
On the south-east front, there is a datestone set in a rebuilt chimney stack, inscribed: "Ex sumptibus/ Johannes Pierrepont/ Ano Domi MDCCVII". Inside, the entrance hall features large rectangular panelling with shallow moulding and a stone bolection moulded fireplace. The office has similar panelling and a fireplace with ovolo moulding and small terminating scrolls. The headmaster's room is decorated with painted bolection moulded panelling and a bolection moulded fireplace. A staircase located behind this room has turned balusters, a moulded handrail, and a moulded string, leading up to the attics. The dining room contains 18th-century panelling at the upper end and also houses a memorial to John Pierrepont, who died in 1711, which was removed from Lucton Church in 1975. Most of the first floor features dado panelling and panelled doors.
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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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