Blackwater County Primary School

ST AGNES BLACKWATER SW 74 NW 7/126 Blackwater County Primary School - II

Board school. Datestone 1877 extended circa later C19. Faced killas, elvan dressings and granite quoins. Dry Delabole slate over extension,, otherwise asbestos slate. Gabled roofs, 2 old conically-capped ventilators. Stone lateral stack with brick shafts. Plan: Original school is a U-shaped plan. Probably the principal schoolroom (hall) in the main range with entrance lobbies at either side and a classroom wing at either end projecting forward at the front. Principal entrance has porch in the left-hand inner angle. Circa later C19 class-room wing added on the left of the original left- hand wing. Gothic style details. Exterior: Single storey. Unaltered elevations with original doors. Original wooden mullioned windows and hoodmoulds. Original south-east front has gable end projecting forward on the left and gable end of cross wing projecting forward on the right. Each of these gables has a 3-light traceried window porch in left-hand angle has Y- traceried 2-light window at the front and pointed-arched doorway in its right-hand side. 3-light window with pointed arched lights, right of middle with date plaque in gable over, and on the right near the angle is a pointed arched doorway with a traceried overlight. Later extension on the left has a 3-light pointed arched window under a gable at the front on its right. Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW7342046070