Former Village School (Girls) And Church Hall

CHURCHILL SP2824-2924 16/55 Former village school (girls) and Church Hall

GV II

Shown on O.S. map as Church Hall and The Lower School House. School, part latterly used as church hall, part in domestic use. Mid-C19 with minor later alterations. Roughly and regularly coursed limestone rubble with alternating angle quoins carried up to gable ends; slate roof with stepped coped verges on carved stone kneelers. Tudor Gothic style. Centre range with flush gabled range on left projecting to rear and slightly projecting gabled range to right. One storey and attic to left and centre ranges, one storey to right. Left gable has two 2-light mullion windows to ground floor and one with dripstone to centre above; louvred rectangular slit opening to apex. Centre range has nail-studded boarded double doors in Tudor-arched surround with hollow spandrels. Gabled half-dormer with 2-light mullion window directly above. Right gable has 3-light mullioned and transomed window with dripstone, blank armorial shield above and louvred rectangular slit opening to apex. Axial ridge stack with moulded capping to left of centre range and ridge stack to right, both with moulded capping. Low gabled range with integral end stack attached to rear of left range. Two schools at Churchill are referred to in mid-C19 trade directories but it is not clear if either of them was held in this building at that time. Included for group value. (Post Office Directory for Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire (1847), p2166; Gardener's Gazeteer and Directory (1852), p840) [2497]

Listing NGR: SP2831424020