School

SE 2280-2380 MASHAM MARKET PLACE (north side)

7/73 School (formerly listed as Grammar School) 9.8.66

GV II

School. Mid C18, early and late C19. Coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings. Graduated stone slate and machine-tile roofs. 4 blocks. Western block: 2 storeys, 2 bays. Central 4-panel door with stone lintel. Right-hand bay has C20 casement with an unequally-hung 12-pane sash above, both have stone lintels and sills. Left-hand bay has tall C19 cross window with hood-mould. End stacks. Block next to western block: 1 storey, 3 bays. Central gabled porch with 6-panel door under hood-mould and plaque above inscribed 'This school house was rebuilt and enlarged in the year 1834 by Anne widow of William Danby esquire'. Shaped kneelers and ashlar coping. Above porch is 2-light mullion window with hood-mould. Outer bays have a cross-window with hood-mould. All windows have diagonal glazing bars. Corbelled cornice. Central bay has gablet with shaped kneelers and stone coping; inset an arched bell opening with bell. Hipped roof. Block next to eastern block: c1760. 1 storey, 3 bays. Plinth, chamfered quoins. All windows are arched with stone Gibbs surrounds, sills with brackets. Continuous impost band. Gothic arched sashes. Central window is taller than outer windows. Eaves band. Hipped roof with machine tiles. To right a pedimented porch, doorway now with C20 casement, Gibbs surround. Eastern block: late C19. 1 storey, 1 bay. Tripartite window with casements, plain stone surround, sill band with bracket. Cornice, pediment with keyed blind oculus.

Listing NGR: SE2261280756