The Old School

The Old School is a building that was originally constructed as a school in 1848 and later converted into a house around the mid to late 20th century. It has extensions that were added in 1881. The structure is made of slate rubble with granite dressings and features a steeply pitched Welsh slate roof with stone coping on the gable ends, which have kneelers. The design is in the Tudor style.

The layout includes a main school room with an entrance porch located at the left (northwest) end, and wings added in 1881 at the opposite southeast end and at the rear (northeast). The exterior has a symmetrical southwest front with a projecting gabled tower at the center. This tower features a tall single light stair window with a chamfered granite frame, a 4-centred head, and a hoodmould, along with a clock in the gable above. There are large 5-light granite windows on either side of the tower, which have 4-centred headed lights and hoodmoulds, although the mullions have been replaced with concrete.

On the left-hand (northwest) gable end, there is a single-storey gabled porch with a chamfered 4-centred headed granite doorway and a hoodmould. Above this porch, there are later first-floor windows with concrete hoodmoulds and a ventilation lancet in the gable that has a pointed head and slate louvres. The gable apex also features the ashlar base of a former bellcote.

At the southeast end, there is a wing added in 1881, which is slightly set back from the southwest front and includes a similar 3-light window that was probably reused from the original southeast gable end. The rear (northeast) wing, also added in 1881, has a 3-light window with 4-centred headed lights. The interior of the building has not been inspected. The school was erected in 1848 by Chancellor Martin, the vicar of Harberton, who also added the School House.