The Old School House Village Hall is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1972. Village hall. 2 related planning applications.
The Old School House Village Hall
- WRENN ID
- patient-banister-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1972
- Type
- Village hall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House and Village Hall is a building that was originally constructed as a school and master's house between 1860 and 1864 for Lady Overstone. It features rusticated lias stone with ashlar dressings and a plain-tile roof adorned with fishscale banding. The building has a T-shaped plan, with the master's house on the right side having two storeys, while the school is a single storey.
The elevation facing the road shows the master's house with a projecting gable that includes a one-window range of wood-mullioned windows framed in ashlar. To the left, the school has a three-window range of single-light casements with cast-iron lozenge glazing bars, all set under an open loggia supported by a triple arcade of octagonal wooden columns. Above, there are two large ashlar gabled dormers featuring triple lancet windows.
A gabled porch is located to the right of the center, which has a 19th-century plank door with a moulded stone surround and a four-centred arch head. To the left of the porch, there is a single-light window and a slit window above, both with ashlar surrounds. The building is further enhanced by ashlar gable parapets and kneelers, lateral stone stacks, and a bellcote with a spirelet at the ridge.
On the east gable of the school, there is a four-light window with intersecting tracery and a slit window in the apex. The master's house also features a gabled porch to the right. Under the loggia, there are two tablets with inscriptions: one commemorates the construction of the school house by Lady Overstone, while the other honors Thomas Arthur Dickson, a former school manager, and is dated 1927. The interior has not been inspected.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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