2, 3, 4 And Former School

This property comprises two cottages, a former shop, and a former school (later a village hall, now an estate office). The cottages likely date to the late 17th century and were remodelled in the 19th century. The shop and school were constructed in the mid-19th century, and the entire complex, particularly the shop and school, was substantially remodelled around 1939 by Clough Williams Ellis for Mrs. Anthony Gillson of Cornwell Manor.

The building is constructed of roughly coursed limestone rubble with stone slate roofs. No.2, on the east side, features late 19th and early 20th century casement windows with wood lintels, three directly below the eaves, and a boarded door with a horned glazing bar sash window to the far left. An integral rubblestone end stack, added by Clough Williams Ellis, is situated to the right. No.4, on the north side, also has late 19th and early 20th century casement windows, mostly leaded, with wood lintels: three to the first floor and five to the ground floor, with four to the left and one to the right of a 20th century glazed door, which has a contemporary flat hood to the right of centre. The first window to the left of the present door is positioned where a former doorway once existed, now acting as a baffle entry. Integral rubblestone end stack to the left and a ridge stack to the right of centre, both by Clough Williams Ellis, are present. A lower outbuilding attached to the right gable end, formerly gabled, has a hip-roofed extension. The school building has a small casement to the left of a central glazed door with a stone slate hood, and a cast-iron bow window (circa 1939) to the right. Attached to the north side of the school are two 3-light leaded latticed mullion windows with dripstones to the east side; three tall fixed-light windows to a north apsidal projection; and glazing bar sashes and a doorway to a square hip-roofed projection on the west. A curious Art Deco-style belfry/air-raid siren/stack, located at the junction with the school, features ball finials and Rococo scrolls.

The interior of No.4 was inspected and has chamfered ceiling beams and joists in the ground-floor rooms, although it was considerably altered around 1939 and later. A 20th century flat-roofed addition in the angle to the rear of No. 2 is noted as not being of architectural interest. The building is included for group value.