Old Schoolhouse

SE 77 SE 5/5

AMOTHERBY WITH HILDENLEY CHURCH STREET (east side) Old Schoolhouse

GV II

Schoolhouse; now house. 1744 on datestone; extended later; raised, remodelled and schoolroom added c1860. Squared sandstone; schoolroom of hammer-dressed sandstone; pantile roof with brick and stone, and brick stacks, 1 rebuilt. Originally 2-cell, direct-entry plan, extended later to right; schoolroom added to front left. 2-storey, single window centre front, with 2-storey, single window extension set back to right; projecting wing to left. Plank door in segment-arched opening to centre front, and similar door with timber lintel to extension. 2-light, 12-pane horizontal- sliding sashes with painted stone sills and painted timber lintels to right of both doors, and to first floor. Datestone over centre door. End and centre right stacks. Schoolroom wing: door of 6 recessed panels in return front, in Tudor-arched opening on chamfered jambs beneath square, stopped hoodmould. In gabled front, two 2-light ovolo-moulded mullion and transom windows with square, stopped hoodmoulds. In gable apex, a recessed, uncarved panel in round-arched, chamfered surround beneath floating cornice. Coped gable and shaped kneelers. Gable-end stack on corbels. Rear: traces of blocked fire window visible to centre left. Interior: room to rear of schoolroom has exposed chamfered beams and square section joists.

Listing NGR: SE7502673430