The Museum

TIVERTON

SS9512 ST ANDREW STREET, Tiverton 848-1/2/267 The Museum 14/12/72

GV II

National school. 1844. Snecked local purple stone with a cream stone used for dressings. Natural slate roof with some cast-iron rain water goods remaining. Tudor style. PLAN: some rearrangement from original plan in order to accommodate Museum's layout. Probably originally large classrooms in outer wings and teachers accommodation in centre. New block to rear. Axial chimney stacks. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with 5-bay front; Ends of outer crosswings broken forward and gabled to front with kneelers and coping. Centrally positioned plank doors in first, third and fifth bays with arched hoodmoulds and carved label stops. Stone plaques with Girls' over first bay door andBoys' over third. First and fifth bays each have 3-light moulded stone 3-light windows with transoms and mullions at first-floor level. Centre bay at first-floor level has gabled half dormer with coped gable and kneelers and 2-light mullioned window. Rest of front elevation has 2- or 3-light mullion windows with hollow chamfers. All have glazing bars. Attractive pitched stone yard at front with low wall to street. INTERIOR: as part of the internal reorganization for the Museum, a stair dating from 1749 from Bampton House has been incorporated. HISTORY: John Hayward of Exeter was the leading local practioner of Gothic Revival church building in the County of Devon from the 1840s to the 1860s.

Listing NGR: SS9545012377