The School House

The School House is a farmhouse that has been converted into a workshop and offices. It was built in 1655 and 1735, as indicated by datestones. The building is constructed from coursed squared marlstone, with some ashlar dressings and wooden lintels, topped with a Welsh-slate roof and ashlar-and-brick stacks. Originally a two-unit plan, it has been enlarged to four units and features two storeys plus an attic.

The left half of the building, which has a steeper roof, includes three 3-light wood-mullioned windows on the first floor. The ground floor has three 3-light ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned windows with labels, flanking an altered doorway that retains an ovolo-moulded lintel with jewelled stops. There is a small blocked window immediately to the left of the doorway. The right half of the front has three renewed 3-light casements on the ground floor, two of which have stop-chamfered lintels. The first floor features a re-used 3-light 17th-century wood-mullioned window that has been enlarged to seven lights, likely during the 1735 alterations. All first-floor windows have old lattice glazing.

On the left end wall, there is a 3-light stone-mullioned window, a 3-light wood-mullioned window, and an old 2-light casement in the gable. The parapet has moulded copings and projecting scrolled kneelers. The rear of the building has additional ancient leaded casements and a gabled stair projection. The principal datestone is inscribed with 1655 and ZS/1735, while a second stone displays the arms of Stilgoe and the date 1917.

Inside, there are three open fireplaces with wooden bressumers and continuous chamfers, along with a renewed spiral stair. The large first-floor room in the later range is said to have served as a schoolroom. The 20th-century workshop extensions are not of special architectural interest.