The Old School House

RENDCOMB RENDCOMB SP 00 NW 6/256 No 26 (The Old School House)

GV II

House, at one time divided into three cottages. Medieval, extended C17, substantially renovated mid C20. Limestone rubble; concrete tile roof; stacks restored C20 with dressed stone quoins and brick stacks. Rectangular (or possibly 'L'-shaped) medieval range running east - west probably with the parlour at the east end with hall to the west; C17 extension at right angles running south gives an 'L'-shaped over all plan. 1 1/2 storeys. South front of medieval range with projecting lateral stack at centre; C20 four- light casement with glazing bars to the left C20 three-light hipped roof dormer above; C20 three-light casement to the right of the stack at first floor level. C20 part-glazed door below (inserted C20); gablet with C19 three-light casement to the first floor, similar 2-light casement to the ground floor. Traces of possible former gable-end stack at the west gable end, which was formerly more steeply pitched. Fragments of stonework with carved spandrels built into the north-wall of the medieval range. Evidence of possible blocked doorway to the upper floor of the north facing gable; small blocked window to the east facing gable. Two-light C20 casements to the ground floor of the C17 range on the west; C20 three-light half dormer with raking roof to the first floor. C20 casements and doorways to the rear wall of the C17 range; two C20 two-light stone-mullioned casements to the gable end facing the road. Projecting lateral stack; gable-end and axial stacks. Base of possible circular stone stack on axis of the medieval range. Interior: flat-chamfered pointed stone doorway towards the east end of the medieval range. Fireplace with flat-chamfered stone surround and a deep dressed stone lintel (similar fireplace to the projecting stack now removed and lintel reused as garden seat). Upper floor: upper cruck roof of 3 bays (probably reconstructed in the C16 or early c17) to the hall range, now with ceilings inserted below. Late medieval fireplace with jamb stones with double flat chamfers with runout stops at the top; deep dressed stone lintel supporting a stone slab canopy in the room at the west end of the hall range. Roof of the north-south range containing evidence of early roof trusses with flat-chamfered bracing to the collar beams. (V.C.H. Vol VII, Glos, p219; and photograph in Particulars of sale of Rendcomb Park, 1913, Glos Colln. R.V 248.1) Property of Rendcomb College.

Listing NGR: SP0173409540