Old School House And Old School is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Schoolhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Old School House And Old School
- WRENN ID
- twisted-tracery-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1956
- Type
- Schoolhouse
- Address
- Old School House And Old School, West Knighton, DT2 8PE
- OS grid reference
- SY 733 876
- Coordinates
- 50.68811, -2.37896
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a former schoolhouse and attached school, now converted into two private residences. The building was constructed in 1865 and is built of dressed stone with ashlar quoins. It has a clay tile roof with gable ends, stone gable copings, and ovolo-moulded kneelers. Stone stacks are present at the left gable and at the right inner gable.
The schoolhouse is two storeys high and has three windows arranged in a 2:1:2 pattern. The windows feature straight chamfered stone mullions with separate returned labels over, and cast iron casements with a lozenge pattern of glazing bars. The central doorway has a depressed arch head and straight chamfered jambs, a plank door with strap hinges, and a separate label.
The school section is single-storey and has three windows with a 3:2 cross transom configuration and three lights, also with separate returned labels. More recent metal casements feature lozenge leaded lights. A projecting bellcote is located in the second bay, with weathered buttresses and capstones. A porch entrance on the south end of the front wall is gabled and contains a clock in the gable; the entrance itself has a two-centred head and label, and a C20 plank door.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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