The Old School And School House, Including Front Boundary Wall And Railings

CORFE CASTLE WEST STREET, KINGSTON SY 95 79 (South side) 6/189 The Old School and School House , including front boundary wall and railings GV II Former school and school house, now converted to one house. c1870. Rough ashlar stone walls with ashlar dressings. Tiled roof, with some fish-scale tiling. Stone stacks on ridge. 2 storeys. In simple Gothic Revival style. Original school house, on right, has gabled projection at right end. In this, one casement with glazing bars on each floor; cross-shaped vent above the upper window. Left of the gable, a ledged door with ornamental iron hinges in shouldered arched opening. Ground floor has one casement with glazing bars. Similar casement on first floor, under gabled dormer. Original schoolroom, at left end, has projecting gable, containing a triple lancet window with hoodmoulds and foliated stops. Left of this a gabled porch. This has a ledged door in pointed arched opening with scroll over inscribed "In Memoriam". Wing left of this, parallel to main range, with triple lancet window in end gable wall. Stone front boundary wall, with chamfered square piers with stepped pyramidal caps. Simple iron railings.

Listing NGR: SY9574179602