The Old House

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LITTLE THURLOW THE STREET The Old House

(Formerly listed as The Olde School House, LITTLE THURLOW)

19.12.61.

GV II* The school was founded in 1614 by Sir Stephen Soame who also endowed the almshouses. A red brick building, now a dwelling house.

Two storeys and attics. Three window range. (1:1:1), the central part, of one window range, breaks forward and has a porch on the ground storey. The windows are mullioned and transomed casements (Renewed in the C20), with rusticated stucco surrounds. Sir Stephen's coat of arms is carved in a panel above the Tudor arched doorway and there is a latin inscription which reads "MELVIS DE REPVBLICA MERVNT QVI IVVEM TUTEM INSTITVENDAM CVRAVARE QVAM QVI IP SOS LIBEROS". The doorway has the original boarded and studded door and lock. The spandrels to the arch are carved with foliated ornamentation. Roof tiled, with a red brick chimney stack with three octagonal shafts on a rectangular base.

Old House, Manor Farmhouse, Gurton Barn, Trudgetts, 120 The Street with 116E-116F The Square, Lavender Cottage, Cock Inn, The Old Post Office, 123 and 123A The Street, Street Farmhouse and Corner Cottage form a group.

Listing NGR: TL6777650914