Ewelme Church of England Primary School

The Ewelme Church of England Primary School, built around 1450, is constructed on a base of knapped flint, with red brick and an old plain-tile roof, featuring brick lateral stacks. It is a two-storey building with a three-window front. A C15 double door, featuring Perpendicular tracery ribbing and studding, is set within a two-storey porch on the left return. Stepped angle buttresses mark the left and right corners. The ground floor has a two-light stone mullioned window with triangular cusped tracery to the left and a single-light stone window with triangular cusped tracery to the right. The centre features two two-light stone mullioned windows with hood moulds, incorporating winged figures and armorial shields as label stops. The first floor has a two-light stone mullioned window to the centre and left, and a single-light stone window to the right. A two-light stone mullioned window is located on the first floor of the porch return.

Inside, the school has a six-bay arched collar-truss roof with wind braces.

A subsidiary wing extends to the rear left; it has a red brick base and limestone rubble to the first floor, with C20 window openings.

The school was built at the expense of the Earl and Countess of Suffolk. The Countess, Alice Chaucer, was born in Ewelme in 1400 and married William de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, who, due to his affection for his wife and her lands, spent considerable time in Oxfordshire. They rebuilt the church, established the adjoining almshouse, and constructed the school. The building’s use of brick represents one of the earliest examples in the county.