The School House

The School House, originally a headmaster’s house and schoolroom, and later a caretaker's house, was built in 1854 and is by Henry Clutton. It has since been converted into dwellings. The building is constructed of gault brick in a Flemish bond, with ashlar dressings and a roof of plain tiles with decorative bands of pointed tiles. It has a two-storey, L-shaped plan, with a house in each wing and a central, gabled, rear projection. The building has chamfered plinths, and openings with two-centred arches and chamfered, quoined surrounds. Windows are mullioned with small-pane casements, and doors are boarded with decorative hinges. Gables have barge boards and pendant finials.

The east elevation has a 3:1-bay arrangement; the projecting, gabled, right-hand bay serves as the former headmaster's house (facing north) and features a four-light canted bay window with a three-light window above and a slit to the gable. The three left-hand bays belong to the caretaker's house. The central bay of the caretaker’s house has a door, a one-light window to the left, and a segmental-arched two-light window above. The outer bays each contain a three-light window; the window on the left has a triangular-headed, hoodmoulded datestone above, and the window on the right has a two-light window under the gable to the first floor. Two broad, corniced brick cross-ridge stacks are present. The right return (former headmaster’s house) has a 3:1-bay arrangement, with the set-back, narrow, right-hand bay featuring a one-light window and a coped parapet. The remainder of this range is similar to the caretaker's house, except that the window over the door has a gable above. The ground floor left-hand window is of only two lights, and there are no first-floor features to the outer bays. A single brick cross-ridge stack is also present. The left return has a one-light window to the ground floor on the right; a two-light window to the first floor (with an inserted window to the right), and a slit to the gable, which had a pendant finial that has broken off. The interior retains stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.