Church Of England Primary School School House

TL 5973 SOHAM CLAY STREET (South Side) 13/45 Church of England Primary School and School House

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School and school house built on asymmetrical plan in 1863. School of brick with flint casing and yellow gault brick quoins. Clunch dressings to doors and windows. Steeply pitched slate roof with shaped and pierced bargeboarding to gable ends and originally with crested ridge tiles, now removed. Plan of single storey hall with offices to right hand forming a cross- wing. Hall has paired gables with similar bargeboarding to two Gothic windows with transome and mullion and three other windows, with pointed arches to each of three lights. The crosswing has two gables with similar bargeboarding and two Gothic windows, also with tracery. The school house is linked to the school by a wall with an opening in a pointed arch. The house is also of brick with flint exterior, yellow gault brick quoins and clunch dressings to windows and doors. Steeply pitched slate roof retaining the original crested ridge tiles and similar bargeboarding. Two storeys. A bargeboarded gable to a two-light window with Y-tracery in a two-centred head. At ground floor, one canted bay with hipped roof and traceried lights, one retaining the original diamond leaded lights. The gable end has a canted oriel window with three leaded lights, each with tracery. The school retains the original register.

Listing NGR: TL5916273030