Original Building Of Former Bexley National Schools

The original building of the former Bexley National Schools, dated 1834, was constructed from an endowment by the Reverend Thomas Smoult in 1703. This two-storey structure is made of yellow stock brick with stuccoed dressings in a Neo-Jacobean style. It features a slate roof with a stuccoed parapet, two shaped gables with date stones, and four clustered chimney-stacks. The building has a moulded stucco cornice and stucco quoins. There are four casement windows, which include mullions and transoms on the ground floor, topped with shaped lintels. A date plaque inscribed 'Bexley National Schools' is located in the center of the first floor, likely covering an earlier window. The entrance is marked by a brick porch with a segmental arch and a recessed door. At the rear, there are plain schoolrooms that are one storey high, with seven windows on the south side.