Former Troutsdale School House

This is a former school building, dating to around 1870-75. It is constructed of brick in an English garden wall bond, with the lower part of the walls in coursed stonework to accommodate the sloping ground. The roof is covered with stone slates laid in diminishing courses, topped with a simple stone ridge.

The north-west side, facing the road, features a triple-light window to the left of a small open porch with a lancet-headed doorway and flat roof. The south-east side has a centrally placed triple-light window. The northern gable has a central, stepped chimney stack, flanked by single windows. The southern gable has a large, high window with jambs that form a two-centred arch, and a stone sill. The window retained some original glazing bars at the time of survey, although much of the glazing was missing. The gable is topped by a plinth supporting an ornate iron cross.

All windows, aside from the south gable window, share similar detailing. Internally, they have cambered arches constructed of rubbed brick, while externally, the curve of the arch is formed with finely dressed stone featuring simple, deep chamfers that create shouldered arches. These chamfers extend around the brick reveals, and the bricks forming the jambs and sills are slightly protruded from the wall face to mimic stone quoining. The side walls have three-light mullioned windows, though the original timber casements were no longer present at the time of the survey.

Historical maps reveal a small, later extension to the north gable of the school house, which no longer exists. This was likely a timber toilet block without plumbing and utilising chamber pots.

The interior is a single room with unplastered walls that show signs of original whitewashing, with the lower portion coloured pale green up to a joint course marked in black. The room is open to the simple purlined roof structure, and has a floorboard floor. A fireplace opening remains, though the fireplace itself was missing during the survey.

A cylindrical stone pillar located on the roadside to the north-east of the school house is not thought to be associated with the school. It is believed to be one of several similar pillars erected in the mid-19th century by the Whartons of Rock House Farm as bollards to guide farm vehicles.