Clayesmore School

Clayesmore School is a country house, now functioning as a school, which dates back to 1878 with an addition made in 1908. It was designed by Alfred Waterhouse for Lord Wolverton. The building features rubble walls with ham stone ashlar dressings and bonding courses, topped with tiled roofs and ashlar stacks primarily along the ridge. This asymmetric High Victorian mansion has two storeys, basements, and attics, with a nine-window range. The service functions are located at the west end.

The stone mullioned windows consist of one, two, and three lights, with the main rooms having cusped heads and the service rooms having straight heads. On the ground floor to the left, there is a large four-light mullioned and transomed window, followed by a large four-light mullioned and double transomed staircase window in the next bay. The end of the main block features a two-storey canted bay window, and there are attic dormers. The cross-wing includes a tourelle in the re-entrant angle, and there is a single-storey porch in the third bay from the left with a pointed, cusped moulded archway. The 1908 addition is in a Tudor style, featuring a flat roof and a canted, mullioned bay window. The garden facade has an asymmetric composition with fenestration similar to that of the main front.

Internally, the original plan included a spine corridor running through the main hall. The large main staircase has square newels with ball finials and a square panelled balustrade. Most of the main rooms were remodelled around 1900 and now feature neo-classical plasterwork and fittings. The 1908 addition includes high-quality neo-Jacobean chimney pieces and panelling. Many original mosaics remain intact on the ground floor, while the upper floor rooms have largely been remodelled.