Musley Infants School And Associated Railings And Fives Court

The building is an infants school, originally a grammar school, dating back to 1857, funded by Elizabeth Moore Chuck in memory of her maltster husband. A later addition was built in 1897, with minor alterations in the 20th century. Constructed of red brick with blue brick banding and stone dressings, the building is in the Gothic Revival style.

The main school hall is fronted by a gable facing Musley Hill, featuring a central three-light window framed with quoined stone dressings and blue brick banding that continues throughout the elevation. The gable has stone coping and stone coped buttresses. A wooden cupola with trefoil detailing sits at the ridge of the gable, though the spire has been truncated. To the north and south of the hall are two gabled ranges, mirroring the banding and window style. A porch provides the entrance, with a wooden door fitted with ornate strap hinges, set within a moulded stone architrave and under a blue brick lintel. A stone plaque above the door displays the legible date 1857. To the right is a gable of the 1897 addition, similarly detailed, with herringbone brickwork to the tympanum under a pointed blue brick arch and a stone date plaque. Rear additions from the 20th century are of little note.

The main classroom has a scissor truss roof and a wide, stone chamfered fireplace. The north gabled classrooms also have scissor truss roofs with closely spaced timbers. The 1897 classroom is characterized by arched brace trusses. Pointed and segmental arch door openings are present throughout, with 19th-century doors.

To the south of the school is a 19th-century fives court, constructed of red brick in Flemish bond with grey headers and blue coping tiles. This U-shaped structure features a higher rear wall and sloping side walls terminating in stone slab piers. The court was used for playing the game of fives. Iron boundary railings with square plan iron railings and newels incorporating classical detailing flank the entrance gates and are attached to a wall abutting the fives court.