Rose Ash School And School House

Rose Ash School and School House is a former school and schoolmaster's house, which has been converted into a private residence and was disused at the time of the survey in 1987. The building dates back to 1847, as indicated by a datestone on the school porch. The schoolmaster's house is thought to be a rebuilding of a church house. It is constructed of stone rubble with slate roofs that are gabled at the ends. There is an internal rear lateral stack for the school and a projecting rear lateral stack with a bread oven and a modern brick chimney for the schoolmaster's house.

The buildings are situated south of the church, with their rear walls backing onto the churchyard. The school, which is smaller and single-depth, is located to the west and features a central doorway. It has been converted into a cottage by adding a second storey. The taller schoolmaster's house, adjoining on the east, is a single-depth two-room plan with a doorway on the right side, containing a heated room to the right and an unheated room to the left.

In terms of exterior features, both buildings are two storeys high with symmetrical fronts. The school has a three-bay front with a central gabled porch that includes a segmental arched outer doorway and a 20th-century glazed timber front door with small panes. There are small-pane timber casements with square-headed hoodmoulds on either side, and three 20th-century gabled dormers with small-pane timber casements. The rear elevation facing the churchyard has two blocked windows with square-headed hoodmoulds. The schoolmaster's house features regular fenestration with two bays of small-pane timber casements and square-headed hoodmoulds, along with a 20th-century timber porch on the right side that has a glazed timber front door with small panes.

The interior was not inspected during the survey. The building has group value with the church and other listed buildings in the village center. Historically, the school accommodated 50 children. Photographs in the National Monuments Record show the school before the addition of the dormers.