Old School House And Forecourt Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1968. Former school, dwelling. 1 related planning application.
Old School House And Forecourt Wall
- WRENN ID
- sheer-step-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1968
- Type
- Former school, dwelling
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House, originally built as a village school in 1862 by T. H. Wyatt, is now a dwelling. It features coursed rubble construction with dressed flush quoins, coped verges, and a rubble and dressed stone stack with a moulded cap. The building showcases an asymmetrical Gothic Revival style with a two-storey frontage divided into 2:1:1:1 bays.
On the left side, there are two tall, two-light moulded stone mullioned and transomed windows, each light topped with a trefoiled head, separated by a buttress with an offset. The next bay features a projecting wing with a single five-light mullioned window that has two transom bars, with each light having a Caernarvon head and a stopped label above, along with a relieving arch. The right end has a smaller gable with a three-light mullioned window on the ground floor and a similar two-light opening on the first floor, both under stopped labels. All window openings have glazing bars forming diamond-shaped panes.
The door opening is located in a pent-roofed porch between the projecting wings, styled to match the building, featuring a vertical plank door with ornate strap hinges and a latch ring. Plain stone bands run across the frontage at transom, sill, and head levels. A large clock is set into the face of the left gable, and a gabled stone bellcote with a bell sits at the ridge.
The forecourt wall extends 35 meters to the right and 30 meters to the left of the central rubble gate piers, which have dressed caps and terminate in similar piers at each end. There is also a further rubble wall extending 15 meters to the left of the left pier, ending in another similar pier. The entrance features paired 20th-century slatted gates and a flight of nine dressed stone steps leading up to the door opening.
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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Flood risk assessment
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