The Old School House, And The Beeches

HUISH EPISCOPI CP THE HILL (North side) ST4226 LANGPORT 11/70 The Old School House, and the - Beeches GV II

Former teachers' houses to National School. 1827. Local lias stone rubble, Ham stone dressings; plain clay tile roof with bracketted eaves and highly ornamented bargeboards to gable overhangs; brick chimney stacks. Two storeys. East elevation - Old School House - of 3 bays with single- storey extension to north; bay 2 projects and is gabled. Chamfered mullioned 2-light windows with 4-centre arched lights, framing cast iron lattice casements under square labels, the upper windows to outer bays have ornamental gablets over; pointed-arched single-light windows upper bay 2 over shaped door, part glazed, in moulded cambered arched doorway with square label. West elevation - The Beeches - also 3 bays; bay 1 projects, with ornamental gable, 3-light mullioned window below and 2-light above: single light upper bay 2, tucked under eaves, and below moulded cambered archway with pair part-glazed shaped doors under lean-to porch hood of timber with Welsh slate. Two bay street elevation to catch, of which bay 2 projects. Interiors not seen. Seemingly unspoilt examples of later cottage ornee style. The school was located nearby; it opened in 1827, closed circa 1876 and was demolished by 1903. (VCH, Vol III, 1974).

Listing NGR: ST4240726732