Ilam Church Of England School

Ilam Church of England School is a school building constructed in 1854 by George Gilbert Scott. It features coursed and squared rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings, and a fishscale tile roof with plain tile bands, all in a Gothic style. The building is a single storey with three bays on each side. It has a central gabled porch adorned with bracketed, shaped, and painted barge boards, along with wooden lattice work on the gable. To the left and right of the porch are double windows that showcase early 14th century style tracery. The porch contains a pair of segmental pointed doorways, which are accessed by a flight of steps, and above it is a square panel with a blank shield surrounded by cusping. The porch is topped with a belfry that has a wooden open-work superstructure, a spire, and a weather vane. To the left of the centre, there is a gabled dormer casement with shaped and painted barge boards. The left gable end features a 4-light window with early 14th century style tracery, along with bracketed shaped and painted barge boards and bracketed trellis work at the upper part of the gable. This school is a significant part of the picturesque estate village that Scott rebuilt in the 1850s.