Old School is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1983. School. 3 related planning applications.
Old School
- WRENN ID
- tenth-passage-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1983
- Type
- School
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School, originally a girls' school, is located at the corner of Wisbech Hill Street and School Lane. The building was constructed in 1814, with a second storey added around 1850. The pediment features an inscription that reads: 'THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT BY THE BURGESSES OF WISBECH A.D. 1814 SUPPORTED BY THE BEQUEST OF MRS. WRIGHT AND THE BENEFACTIONS OF ABRAHAM JOBSON D.D., JOHN EDES, ESQ., AND OTHERS, AIDED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS'.
The structure has seven bays facing Hill Street, with the central three bays slightly projecting. It is built of local brown brick, with a rendered plinth, a stone impost band, and a first-floor band. The building is topped with a moulded stone cornice and a pediment that features cross-keys in relief within the tympanum. A brick parapet with stone coping crowns the building.
The first-floor windows are hung sash windows with glazing bars set in double recessed segmental-headed arches. The ground floor windows have radial glazing bars, shaped to round-headed double recessed arches. There are two original entrances on School Lane, which are round-headed arches with fanlights and six-panelled doors, although one doorway is now blocked.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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