National School is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. School. 2 related planning applications.
National School
- WRENN ID
- scattered-ember-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- School
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The National School in Caynham is a school building dated 1834. It is constructed of coursed stone rubble and features a slate roof with bargeboards that have pierced pendant fleur-de-lys decoration. A small bell-turret with a pyramid slate roof and finial is also present. The building is a simple single-storey structure with three bays.
The exterior has a gable front that includes a first-floor mullion window above a recessed inscribed stone tablet with a hoodmould. The doorway features chamfered reveals, a cambered arched head, and a stepped hoodmould, along with a beaded boarded door. On the left side, there are two mullion and transom windows with multi-pane lights under keyed stone lintels, each with stepped hoodmoulds, flanking a central 4/4 sash window, all of which have tiled sills. The opposite side is obscured by 20th-century prefabricated extensions. At the rear gable, there is a large two-mullion and transom window with a timber lintel and a vestigial hoodmould.
Inside, the building features two king-post trusses with hammerbeam bracing and a double purlin roof with a boarded ceiling. The inscription on the front gable tablet reads: "CAYNHAM/NATIONAL SCHOOL/ERECTED/1834."
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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