Old School Room And Old School House

MENDLESHAM OLD MARKET STREET TM 16 NW 7/60 No.2 (Old School Room) & - No.4 (Old School House)

GV II Parish room (No.2) and house (No.4). No.2 comprises a C15 house, conveyed to the town of Mendlesham in 1618 for use as a school. No.4 is a former schoolmaster's house, substantially of 1873 but incorporating remains of a workhouse which had been added onto the schoolroom in 1726. No.2 raised in C18 or C19 to accord with later work, but retaining original roof underneath. No.2 timber framed and roughcast-rendered, encased in white brick at rear. No.4 in red brick, the bays divided by pilaster strips; the rear wall is timber framed and rendered. A hipped pantiled roof over the whole range. 2 storeys; No.2 is 1½ storeys internally. No.2 has casement windows, the upper window (formerly a dormer) with diamond-leaded glass. Boarded door. No.4 in 3 bays: inset sash windows with glazing bars under segmental arches, the upper windows half-height. 6-panel door, the upper 2 panels glazed. A central ridge stack. Interior. No.2 has some exposed framing in 2 bays. In partition wall with No.4 is an open truss: slightly cambered tie beam and heavy arched braces. One bay of C17 on-edge joists at each end. Intact C15 common rafter roof, the timbers heavily sooted. A succession of deeds relating to the property from 1536 onwards are in the Suffolk Record Office at Ipswich.

Listing NGR: TM1049165887