Thetford Grammar School Library And Attached Former Stable is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1993. School, library. 2 related planning applications.
Thetford Grammar School Library And Attached Former Stable
- WRENN ID
- ruined-iron-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1993
- Type
- School, library
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TL8683 617-1/5/19
THETFORD BRIDGE STREET (North West side) Thetford Grammar School Library and attached former stable
GV II
School house until 1881, now the library. 1575, re-worked early C19, rebuilt 1877. Cut flint with red brick and ashlar dressings. Machine tile roofs. L-shaped plan. East front with a gabled porch with a piece of re-used C12 stone decoration in gable. Porch with diagonal buttresses. Right and left is one 4-light mullioned window. Gabled roof with fleche. Large 4-light south window with transom. To right is a twin gabled wing, the gables of different sizes, lit through 2-light mullioned windows and a 3-light cross casement. Gabled roof with 2 triple-flued stacks with star tops. INTERIOR: stone dogleg staircase to first floor. Main ground-floor library divided by a mid C14 stone arch, representing the south crossing tower arch of the Dominican church (qv). May not now be in situ, but position relative to the church remains roughly correct: wave-moulded, 2-centred, polygonal capitals. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached to north-east corner is a polygonal former stable. Early C19, brick and of 2 storeys with round-arched openings to ground floor with windows or blank frames above. (Seymour D: Thetford Grammar School: An Outline History: Thetford: 1991-).
Listing NGR: TL8677883050
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