Payhembury School

Payhembury School is a building dated 1851, with extensions added in the late 19th century. It is constructed from local stone rubble, with the original section faced in snecked grey limestone ashlar and featuring sandstone ashlar details. The school has a stone rubble stack topped with 19th and 20th-century brick and a slate roof. The building faces southeast and is set back from the road on a raised terrace. It has a plan that includes three or four rooms, with the right half being the original section that features a central front porch and a rear lateral stack. The right-hand addition maintains the same roofline but is designed in a plainer Tudor Gothic style.

The exterior of the original school displays a symmetrical two-window front, with a stone-mullioned three-light window with a hoodmould on either side of the gabled porch. The front window of the porch is arch-headed and features stone Y-tracery. Above the porch is a plaque inscribed with "Payhembury National School, 1851". There is a plain door on the right side. The extension has an irregular two-window front with plain stone-mullioned windows; the larger right window has a gable above that contains a small oculus. The roof of the extension is gable-ended. The interior has not been inspected.