The Old Grammar School

The Old Grammar School, built around 1688 and founded by John Langham of Cottesbrooke, is now divided into five houses. The building features Lias ashlar stone with a stone slate roof. The main block on the south facade was originally used as a school room and dormitory, consisting of two storeys with an attic and cellar. It has a four-window range, with the left bay projecting forward to create a gabled two-storey porch. This porch includes a mezzanine and attic, featuring a semi-circular arched entrance with oval window returns. There is a 19th-century plank door with stop hinges and a stone flight below. The windows are three-light stone mullioned with cross transoms and 20th-century diamond leaded panes. The building has ashlar gable parapets and kneelers, with brick stacks at either end. Above the entrance, there is a sundial dated 1821, flanked by single-light mezzanine windows. To the left of the entrance is a similar late 17th-century master's house, which is a single storey with an attic and a three-window range, also featuring stone mullions, an ashlar gable parapet, kneelers, and a central brick stack. An ashlar string course runs between the ground and first floors throughout the building. The rear has similar flanking wings, with a central projecting wing that mainly contains 20th-century casement windows. The interior has been remodeled in the 20th century to create five houses, with some re-set chamfered fireplace lintels.