Battle Abbey School is a Grade I listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1961. A 1857 School. 3 related planning applications.
Battle Abbey School
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-rafter-russet
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1961
- Type
- School
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TQ 7415-7515 BATTLE HIGH STREET (south west side) 41/1B 3.8.61 Battle Abbey School
GV I
The mansion was built by the Webster family in 1857. Architect Henry Clutton. But it incorporates part of the medieval buildings of the Abbey, ie the west wall of the cloisters and parts of the frater and of the Abbot's lodgings. These are C13-C14. Stone. They are visible at the east side of the building. On the ground floor are nine pointed arches in early Perpendicular style with tracery now filled in. These were the west wall of the cloisters. At the south end is another medieval portion which is taller than the rest of the building. The remainder dates from 1857. Three storeys and modern attic. Thirteen windows and four dormers in all. Stone rubble, part of the upper storeys rendered. Castellated parapet. Modern tiled roof. Casement windows. Two stepped gables above the cloister arches. The west front dates largely from the C19.
Listing NGR: TQ7490915704
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