Langley School And School Master'S House (Sunrise Nursery And Pre-Prep School)

LANGLEY SUTTON ROAD TQ 85 SW (west side) 2/102 Langley School and School Master's House (Sunrise Nursery and Pre- Prep School) GV II

School and school master's house. Circa 1855, by Butterfield (J.Newman, Buildings of England Series, West Kent and the Weald, 1980). Small blocks of coursed stone with ashlar dressings. Plain tile roof. L-plan, with house to left and school projecting to front to right. House: 1½ storeys. Left half of front elevation breaks forward slightly with roof pitch unchanged, but is rebated back again towards left end except under eaves, where it is supported on 2 moulded stone corbels. Broad stone stack to rear towards left end, parallel to ridge, capped with vertically- set stones of ragged outline. Similar, shouldered stack to right gable end. Irregular fenestration of 2 windows; narrow wooden 6- light frieze window under eaves to left end of right half, and stone through dormer towards right end, with stud-work in gable containing 2 narrow adjacent 8-light glazing-bar sashes separated by wooden mullion. Two ground-floor windows; one to left section of two 12-pane glazing-bar sashes separated by chamfered stone mullion, and similar window to right with 8-pane sashes. Central boarded door. Stone porch slightly overlapping left section with wavy bargeboards and studwork to gable; no outer door, but 2- centred arched wooden architrave with solid spandrels. Rear lean- to and 2 short rear wings. School: linked to house by short single- storey section with 2-centred arched boarded door. School single- storey but taller than link. 2 slightly projecting stacks to long right side. Two 6-light and one 4-light stone mullioned and transomed windows to left side, with shouldered heads to upper lights. Traceried window to gable end. Central 2-centred arched boarded door to left side. Interiors not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ8052051534