The Old School House

ASTON CANTLOW CHURCH LANE SP15NW (South side) 7/21 The Old School House 11/12/69 (Formerly listed as School and School House)

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School and master house, now house. 1847-48. Designed by William Butterfield. Coursed lias with Quoins and limestone dressings. Tile roofs with coped gables; lias and brick stacks. L-plan. Gothic Revival style. One storey and one storey and attic; 6-window range. School projects forward on left. Entrance in outshut in re-entrant angle has half-glazed door in arch. 3-light traceried window with trefoiled lights and quatrefoils, and outer arch of thin voussoirs. Main range bias plank door. Two 3-light mullioned and transomed windows, two-light mullioned window, and lancet with transom; openings have relieving arches. Varied roof levels. 4 dormers with C20 casements and glazed apexes. Left return side has 2 projecting external stacks; shafts missing. Paired and 4 single lancets, the centre 3 with transoms. Rear similar to front. Late C19/early C20 brick addition to school. interior not inspected. (Buildings of England: Warwickshire, p.76; Paul Thompson, William Butterfield, pp.216, 398, 401, 436).

Listing NGR: SP1376059829