Wilmcote Church Of England Junior And Infant School

SP15NE 8/27 11/12/69

ASTON CANTLOW CHURCH ROAD (West side) Wilmcote Wilmcote Church of England Junior and Infant School (Formerly listed as Village School)

GV II

School. 1845, with later additions. Designed by William Butterfield for Edward Knottesford Fortescue. Lias rubble, with regular coursed lias front wings, and limestone ashlar dressings. Old tile and late C20 tile roofs with coped gables. Lias stacks. Gothic Revival style. One storey. Rear elevation to churchyard: 3-window range. Arched plank door in right end has block surround. Single and 3-light limestone mullioned windows with segmental-headed lights. Large dormer with glazing bars above and to left of door. Large external stack on left; shaft removed. Small gabled range in re-entrant angle between school and The Old Vicarage (q.v.) has small window and coped gable. Left return side has 2-light Decorated style window with trefoiled ogee lights and quatrefoil, and lias voussoirs. Buttress below. Wing beyond this has large external stack and flanking 2-light wood mullioned windows with segmental-headed lights. Front elevation, largely obscured by mid/late C20 additions, has gables. Forms part of an interesting group with Church of St. Andrew (q.v.) and The Old Vicarage (q.v.). (Buildings of England: Warwickshire, p.474; Paul Thompson: William Butterfield, pp.44,435).

Listing NGR: SP1639757881