The School Room

The School Room is a disused school building located on Bridge Street in Kings Cliffe, dated 1749, founded by Elizabeth Hutcheson. It is constructed of squared coursed limestone with an ashlar facade and consists of a single-storey, single-unit schoolroom. The building features a two-window range of leaded cross-windows, some of which retain original glass, set under gauged stone heads with keyblocks. The central entrance has a four-panel door with a similar stone head above it. The gable parapets and kneelers are made of ashlar, and there is an ashlar stack at the right end. Above the door, there are two stone panels in the fanlight space; one bears the inscription "Deo Adjuvante," and the other displays the date. Inside, there is a dado with a moulded rail, an attached master's seat, and four children's seats, along with a sawn-off stump of four additional seats that has the inscription "WD 1779." The school was originally established in 1745 for 18 boys.