The Old School

The following building shall be added to the list:

COATES COATES VILLAGE SO 90 SE 2/279 The Old School II National school and master's house. Dated 1849;and with late C20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble with freestone dressings. Plain tile roof with stone coped gable ends. Gable end and axial stacks with paired ashlar shafts. Plan: Schoolmaster's house on right (south) and schoolroom on left with another schoolroom on a wing behind, forming an L-shaped plan. Tudor Gothic style. Exterior: 1 storey and attic master's house on right and single storey schoolroom on left in continuous 1:1:2 bay range. At centre a gable breaks forward with 2 moulded 4-centred arch doorways with hoodmoulds and ledged doors and blind window above; below the window a clock on ornate wrought-iron bracket (Makers: Stradlings, Cirencester) and tablet inscribed: 'National School AD 1849'. To right of gable two 2-light stone mullion windows with hoodmoulds on ground floor and single light windows above in 2 small gables. To left of large central gable a large 3-light stone mullion window with hoodmould to schoolroom. Left hand (north east) return has similar 3-light window in rear schoolroom wing. Stone mullion windows at rear and at time of survey May 1990 a single storey extension was being built. Interior: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO9786600859