Old School, Whittington

EXTERIOR: the building is of red brick with blue brick diapering and has a tiled roof with alternating bands of plain and fishscale tiles. The building has two schoolrooms set at right angles to each other, with an entrance corridor placed in the south-western, re-entrant angle. The eastern, road front has a central, projecting bay which is gabled. There are stone kneelers and coping to the gable and the two-light window rises into the gable and has a stone surround with a two-centered head, mullion and transom. The metal-framed window lights have octagonal panes, and this pattern of glazing is common to all of the older part of the building. There are single-light casements to the flanks of this bay. At either side are three-light mullioned windows with stone surrounds and flat heads. The brickwork to the sides has a lattice of blue brick diapering and cross shapes, made of blue headers. The south gable end has a three-light window and to the left of this is the gabled, entrance porch, which projects slightly. The door has a chamfered stone surround which incorporates an inscribed stone to its head, which reads ‘R.D. / PRO / F.C.D. / DEDIT’. There is a blue brick relieving arch above. The west side has a gable to the left with a three-light window, which lights the smaller classroom. Recessed at right of this are the windows of the C20 extension. The north side has a three-light window at left and two, two-light mullioned windows at right, which are divided by a projecting chimney stack with offsets. There are a further two chimneys to the roof behind this.The C20 extension described in the History is not of special interest.

INTERIOR: the principal schoolroom has three bays, marked by trusses which have angle braces connecting to collars. The western side has a chimney breast with blocked opening and to its right is a blocked doorway which originally connected to the second classroom. The projecting bay is to the centre of the east side. In the north-western corner is a metal cage which contains a central heating boiler. The smaller, second classroom has a similar roof, but has been subdivided in the C20 to provide space for storage and shower rooms.