The School House Ye Olde School

DUNCHURCH THE SQUARE SP4871 (North side) 11/52 The School House and Ye Olde 06/10/60 School (Formerly listed as Ye Olde School) GV II House, now 2; formerly a church school. 1707. Considerably altered C19 and C20. Designed and built by Smith of Warwick at the expense of Francis Boughton. Flemish bond brick with stone string course and rusticated quoins to centre and angles. Tile hipped roof; brick ridge stacks. U-plan with wings to rear. 2 storeys and attic; originally 2:3:2 bays, now 4-window range. Shallow projecting centre has entrance to The School House in third bay. Fielded 6-panelled door and overlight in moulded wood surround. Ground floor of centre and right part has altered brickwork and a 16-pane sash with moulded frame and gauged brick flat arches inserted between 2 bays. First floor has most openings bricked up. Centre has central sash, with remains of a stone panel and volutes below. Right part has sash to right. Gauged brick flat arches with keystones. Left part forms Ye Olde School. Entrance in small one-bay addition has C20 ribbed Tudor arched door and overlight, with 2-light C20 casement above. 4-light C20 wood mullioned and transomed windows. 4-bay right return side has openings with brick segmental arches, mostly blocked. 16-pane sash inserted between first 2 bays on ground floor. Third and fourth bays on first floor have sashes. To rear: gabled wings have C19/C20) range between. Interior not inspected. (V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Vol.VI, p.79; Douglas Hickman: Warwickshire, (Shell Guide), p.95).

Listing NGR: SP4855571244