Copelands

Copelands is a former school and schoolmaster's house, likely built in the second quarter of the 19th century. It is now a private residence. The front of the building is ashlar stone, while the rear is of coursed squared stone. The roof is tiled and the building has a cross plan, with each wing containing a single room. It features porches at the front corners and is one-and-a-half storeys high.

The front elevation features a plain plinth and an external chimney with stone offsets. A diamond-set stack rises above the ridge. A single-light window is set into the front of the left wing, beneath a stone lintel. The porch doorway has an elliptical arch and a panelled door inside, leading up one stone step. There’s a parapet gable with a stone finial. A single-light window faces the road to the side of the porch, and a first-floor single-light window sits within a gabled stone dormer with a saddleback parapet, as with all other dormers. A projecting wing has a two-light casement on its left and right returns, with an iron opening light on the ground floor. A rectangular stone bay has a three-light mullion and transom window with a hoodmould; the sides of the bay are unwindowed, and above the window is a sloping offset. A louvred slit is set in the flat head above, and the bay has a parapet gable. The left return has a first-floor single-light casement window with a stone lintel, rising into a gabled stone dormer with a parapet gable. Behind this is a tall chimney base with two diamond-set flues. A small, flat-roofed dormer was added in the mid-20th century behind. The right return mirrors the left, featuring a first-floor dormer. The right wing is mirrored, but the doorway has been built up.

Inside, the ground floor of the projecting wing was originally a schoolroom. There are eight-panel doors with panels arranged in two rows, separated by moulded strips. The property was known as the schoolhouse in 1842 when it was sold by W. Hawkins. It forms a group with Laburnam and Copeland’s Cottages.