School House School Lodge

School, now two houses. Dated 1870, designed by David Brandom and built by Trollope of London for Lord Camden. The building is constructed of random coursed rubble with a plain tiled roof. It comprises two parallel ranges connected by a single-storey block. The roadside elevation features two gable-ended blocks of unequal size: the larger to the left was the single-storey schoolroom, and the block to the right is the two-storey Master’s house. The right-hand block has a plinth, quoins, a string course, and kneelered parapet gables, while the left block has a datestone and a gable with the Camden Arms. A single-storey linking piece connects the two main blocks, with stacks to the centre and right. A large full-height, three-light mullioned and transomed window is situated on the left, with a label hood above. Smaller two-light and three-light windows with similar detailing are present on the first and ground floors respectively, to the right. A central boarded door, fitted with ornamental strap hinges, is recessed within an arch-braced porch. The right return displays a central semi-dormer with a three-light label-hooded window; otherwise, small two- and three-light windows are arranged similarly to the roadside elevation. The left return also has four similar windows and two gabled dormers with bargeboards. The building was originally constructed as the Bayham Abbey estate school, forming part of a large group of structures on the estate designed by the same architect and built by the same contractors. Reference is made to W Morland’s publication, Lamberhurst School.