120-124, HIGH STREET

Nos 120 to 124 High Street were built in 1848 as the Elementary School and are now three dwellings. The plans were created by Blore. The building has an H-plan layout with a central two-storey porch and stands two storeys high. It is constructed from yellow gault brick with limestone copings and features a plain tile roof with decorated ridge tiles. There are two ridge stacks at the junction with the wings, each having four diagonal shafts and two faceted lanterns topped with tented lead roofs and finial decoration. The front facade includes two side stacks with single diagonal shafts. A dentil brick cornice adorns the central block, and the wings have kneed parapet gables. The windows are arranged in 2, 3, and 4-lights, featuring geometric patterned glazing bars, with some including transoms. The three half-glazed and panelled doors are set in segmental arches with chamfered architraves. The two-storey porch has angle buttresses and a central doorway with an inset stone panel above, framed by a stone string course, and topped with a bell turret that has stone copings and a finial. This former Elementary School is part of an important and picturesque group of buildings surrounding the Abbey Green.