Old School House

GREAT AMWELL HILLSIDE LANE TL 3712 (north side)

12/31 Great Amwell village Old School House 70 metres south-east of parish church

GV II

Former village school and master's house now linked as a private house. Foundation stone 1857, but present buildings probably 1875 (VCH (1912) 414). Red brick: red tile roofs, some tile hanging. A high single-storey schoolroom lying E-W with 2 lower wings on N side, roof carried down over enclosed porch on W side of NW wing. Very tall chimneys with many steps on plan carried up full height to multi stepped corbelled tops. 2 chimneys at NW are bridged by a small roof at half-height, from which the bell is suspended. Large wooden mullioned and transomed windows in gables and carried above eaves on N side with flatter pitched roof. Some gables half-hipped, one and a half storeys house on E with same materials and detailing and wooden oriel in N gable. The school has a low plinth and a moulded band below the windows. A picturesque building overlooking the churchyard.

Listing NGR: TL3722312441