Dilton Marsh Junior School

DILTON MARSH HIGH STREET ST 84 NW (south side) 7/111 Dilton Marsh Junior School 23.3.87 GV II Junior school. 1840s, probably by T.H. Wyatt. Coursed rubble stone, fishscale tiled roof with coped verges and brick stacks. L- plan. Single storey. Main range has gabled porch with pointed doorway to left with one single and two 3-light chamfered mullioned casements and blocked Tudor-arched doorway to right. Wing projecting to left has 4-light mullioned and transomed window to gable end with gabled porch with pointed doorway to left, gabled bellcote to apex of gable. Parallel wing set back to left has 3- light mullioned and transomed window to gable end with trefoil over, ashlar octagonal stack. Left return has 3-light mullioned and transomed window with gable over. Rear of main range has two 2-light mullioned windows to full dormers, gable end of wing to right has 4-light mullioned and transomed window. C20 additions attached to rear. Interior retains original joinery and open roof trusses, partly visible below inserted ceilings. Good example of village school, built adjacent to the Church of Holy Trinity (q.v.) and sharing similar details, such as roofing.

Listing NGR: ST8488649716