Church of England Frenchay School, Frenchay Common

The Church of England Frenchay School, located on Frenchay Common, is a National School built in 1841, possibly designed by architects Foster and Wood. The building features pennant rubble with Bath stone dressings and a slate roof. It is designed in a Tudor style with an H-plan layout and has lower wings attached at the back, which are likely original to the structure. There are lean-to extensions on both sides and a flat-roofed extension to the left that is not of special interest.

The symmetrical front of the school showcases a two-storey recessed center with three windows, flanked by a three-light casement on either side of a central porch. Below this, there are 2:1:2-light casements. The windows are adorned with stone mullions, arched heads, and stopped drips. The central porch, made of ashlar with rounded corners, features a four-centred arch leading to plank doors and a frieze inscribed with 'National School MDCCCXLI'.

To the right, a projecting gabled wing includes a large four-light window similar to the central block, topped by a narrow lancet in the gable. The left side has a later inserted large two-light wood window set in a recessed panel with a segmental head, while the gable mirrors the right side. Both gables are coped with decorative finials on the kneelers, and ashlar stacks with octagonal flue shafts are positioned at the ridge junctions of the 'H'. The left wing also features a large four-light window with a transom. Both higher and lower gables are coped and have kneelers similar to the front but lack finials. Each principal wing has a small metal ventilator centered on the right.

Inside, the school retains blocked Tudor arched fireplaces in the main classrooms, while the central master's house has three original fireplaces: one in the ground-floor west room and two on the first floor.

This modest building has undergone only one significant external modification since its original construction and holds an important position in relation to the large open space of the common and the nearby Church of St John the Baptist.