The Old School House

The Old School House is a former schoolmaster's house, now a residential property, built in 1908 by Ernest Newton for Richard Biddulph Martin. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a limestone tiled roof with diminishing courses, gable-end parapets topped with ball finials, and large ashlar ridge stacks. The stack to the west of center has two shafts, while the east end stack has three shafts, both with continuous moulded cappings. The building has a roughly T-plan layout, with the main range aligned east to west and consisting of three bays. The east end bay has gabled projections to the north and south, with their roof ridges slightly lower than the main part. It is a single storey with an attic that includes dormers.

On the north front elevation, all windows are leaded casements. The main part features a single-light ground floor window at the western end and a central gabled dormer with a 2-light chamfered mullioned window, both with dripstones. Below the dormer is the main entrance, which has a round-headed doorway with a square head, moulded architrave, and flanking rectangular lights. The doorway is topped with a hoodmould that continues above the lights. The projecting gable end to the east has a ground and attic floor 3-light chamfered mullioned window with a hoodmould, and a similar attic light is present in the west gable end. Adjoining the east gable end is a hipped-roofed single-storey, single-bay wash-house. The building has seen little alteration since its construction and is an interesting example of Newton's Neo-Shaw style, designed to harmonize with the school and other nearby Shaw buildings.