66, St Mary Street

CHIPPENHAM

ST9273SW ST MARY STREET 930-1/10/205 (North side) 25/04/50 No.66

II

School. 1733. Painted limestone ashlar facade, rubblestone rear with freestone quoins, double-pitch plain tile roof with moulded ashlar stacks and stone coping to gable ends. Double-depth plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and cellar; symmetrical 5-window range. Continuous moulded cornice with a small pediment over the central range; deep moulded ground-floor string course; 6/6-pane sash windows flanking a 6-panel door glazed to the top and raised and fielded panels below under a moulded hood on brackets. Two C20 roof lights. To rear, the windows have stone mullions with semicircular arches and four C19 panes to each light, some with sashes; 3-light to the left, 2-light to centre and right. Windows to the 1st floor have ashlar aprons reaching down to a string course which is interrupted at the centre by a stair window with a cornice. A 2-light basement stair window has flat arches. INTERIOR: a closed-string dogleg staircase has turned balusters; the stone-flagged cellar is barrel-vaulted. Collar trusses to the double-pitched roof. (Chamberlain, Joseph A: Chippenham: Chippenham: 1976-: 112).

Listing NGR: ST9220073284