Village School And Parish Room

1. 5118 BITTON CHURCH LANE (east side) Village School and Parish Room ST 6869 15/115 II GV 2. 1830, cost £360. Commissioned by Rev H T Ellacombe (who probably supplied the design). Pennant stone rubble with pantile roof, wide eaves on modillions, coped verges with footstones 3+3 two-light Tudor arched windows with moulded heads and drips. Central blind panel in similar style inscribed "Village School Room built by Voluntary Subscriptions added to a grant from the National Society MDCCCXXX". Lower porch bay to right with coped verge and Tudor arch doorway with lozenge stop dripmould and battened door. To left is a projecting 2 window gabled cross wing with 5-light Tudor arch windows with drips, it has slate roof which has lean-to porch with moulded Tudor arch doorway with lozenge step hood mould (this lean-to cuts across the left hand of the parish room windows). Two of the windows on east side retain patterned cast-iron casements.

Listing NGR: ST6822269477