Hensall Primary School Schoolmaster'S House

HENSALL CHURCH LANE SE 52 SE (west side)

3/3 Hensall Primary School and Schoolmaster's house (formerly listed as The 11.12.67 School)

GV II School and schoolmaster's house. 1854 with later additions and alterations including those of 1893, 1968 and 1970. Architect, William Butterfield; patron, 7th Viscount Downe; builder, Charles Ward of Lincoln. Pinkish-red brick, partly rendered, with grey slate roof. 2-storey range with 2 first- floor windows with single tall storey, 2-bay schoolroom adjoining. Aesthetic Functionalism. Main range: ground floor obscured by C20 additions, entrance to C20 porch, double, part-glazed doors, 9-pane window. First floor has 2-light timber mullion window with 4-pane sashes and tripartite window with 2-pane sash to centre, both in long raking dormer. Schoolroom has three 6-pane casement windows with 2 roof dormers. External end stack and large stepped external stack to front elevation. 2 rainwater heads bearing initial D. Sweeping roof in 2 levels. Interior retains many original features including fireplaces, cupboards with hinges, dado rails, 6 and 8-panel doors and dogleg staircase to master's house with plain balusters. Conceived as a group with St Paul's Church (qv) and The Red House (qv) and with similar groups at Cowick and Pollington. N Pevsner, Yorkshire, The West Riding, 1979, p 262. P Thompson, William Butterfield, 1971, p 436.

Listing NGR: SE5827922552