Library At Sherborne School is a Grade I listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1950. A C13 Library. 1 related planning application.

Library At Sherborne School

WRENN ID
iron-kitchen-honey
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Country
England
Date first listed
28 November 1950
Type
Library
Source
Historic England listing

Description

ABBEY ROAD 1. 1625 (South East Side) Library at Sherborne School ST 6316 1/4 28.11.50. I GV 2. Probably C13 incorporating at the south end Saxon remains of the north-west transepts to the Abbey. 2 storeys, originally comprising a cellarer's range below and an Abbey Guest Hall with C15 roof above. East face divided into 8 bays by wall shafts of late C14 cloister. Medieval features include staircase at South-East angle, C13 one-light window, six C15 windows, part of open timber roof. Acquired by the School 1851; many subsequent alterations. [See RCHM Dorset VolI "West Dorset" and J H P Gibb". The Saxon Cathedral at Sherborne"].

The following buildings of Sherborne School surround the greens immediately to the north of the Abbey Church of St Mary and form a group with themselves and with the Abbey Church of St Mary.

Listing NGR: ST6376416507

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