School House

The School House is a Grade II listed building, constructed between 1860 and 1861 by architect G E Pritchett. It serves as the schoolmaster's residence and is located adjacent to the school that opened on April 13, 1861. The building is designed in a Gothic style, featuring two storeys and constructed from knapped flint with a steep red tiled gabled roof that has a bellcast at the eaves. Its irregular plan includes gables on the south and east sides, with the main entrance located on the north side next to the school.

The façade showcases paired limestone lancet windows, along with rectangular recessed sash windows that have shouldered heads and herring-bone red brick tympana. Pointed arches are adorned with alternating stone and dark brick voussoirs, complemented by narrow dark keystones. Each pair of lancets is topped with a raised knapped flint super arch. The minor upper floor windows feature either chamfered square stone heads on the east side or gabled heads above the eaves. The eastern front has a slightly advanced gabled right-hand side.

The building's construction includes uncoursed knapped flint, with limestone used for plinth dressings, quoins, window dressings, and a vent slot in the gable. A double line of yellow brick headers with flints between them marks the springing line of the window arches on each floor. Below each purlin, there is red brick tumble work, and the heavy moulded bargeboards add to the architectural detail. A large central chimney made of stock brick features a dentilled and corbelled upper stage with stone corners and four square terra-cotta pots, along with two smaller gable stacks on the west side.

A lean-to porch is supported by a heavy roll moulded stone corbel and has brick cheeks. The entrance features a heavy plank door with decorative iron hinges and a shouldered head to the frame. The interior is sparsely fitted, with battened plank doors, chamfered architraves, and simple wooden fire surrounds. This purpose-built schoolmaster's house has undergone minor alterations and holds significant social and architectural interest. It is an integral part of a group that includes the school, church, and other contemporary flint buildings to the east of the road.