The Old Grammar House

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SO 8483-8583 15/75

KINVER C.P. DARK LANE (north side) No 1, The Old Grammar House

(formerly listed as Ye Olde Grammar School, DARK LANE, previously listed as Old Grammar School House)

16.6.53

GV II House. Late C16 incorporating some earlier fragments, with a major extension of the 1830s; restored in the 1970s. Timber framed with a brick extension rendered and lined as ashlar; plain tile roof, hipped to the right, and slate roofed extension; brick ridge stacks. C16 L-shaped plan; principal range aligned east-west facing south and rear wing to the west aligned north-south; 1830s wing to the east aligned north-south. C16 main house to the left, gabled 1830s wing to the right. Main house: two storeys and gable-lit attic with continuous first floor jetty and jettied attic gables; uninterrupted close studding to all floors. Two bays, C20 wood mullioned windows on cyma reversa brackets, small four-pane casements to first floor centre. Central four-panel door within original frame with gabled wrought iron porch, approached by a flight of brick steps; a curved tension brace extends from the right-hand side of the door frame to the sill beam. Extension wing: two storeys; one bay glazing bar sashes.

Listing NGR: SO8485383174