The Old School is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1986. School, house.

The Old School

WRENN ID
eastward-granite-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Country
England
Date first listed
4 November 1986
Type
School, house
Source
Historic England listing

Description

WOODLANDS SU 00 NE VERWOOD ROAD (north side)

6/157 The Old School

GV II

Former school, now private house. Built c1850 for the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. Brick walls, tiled roof with bands of fish-scale tiling and moulded bargeboards. One brick stack left of centre. Single storey. At each end a gabled porch with C20 panelled door. 3 casements with glazing bars under depressed 4 centred arches. At right end, an extension with brick walls and similar tiled roof, has lancet windows; - this apparently used for worship before the Parish Church (qv) was built. Rear wing, - former classrooms of similar construction. Of local historic interest as one of Lord Shaftesbury's village schools - similar to the one at Hinton Martell (qv).

Listing NGR: SU0502509075

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