Old Church Hall And School (St Andrews Church)

ST0827 WIVELISCOMBE CP ROTTEN ROW (South side)

8/78 Old Church Hall and School (St Andrews Church)

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GV II

Church hall and school, disused. Circa 1841, with C17 reused elements. Red sandstone random rubble masonry with the elevations fronting the Churchyard rendered, Welsh slate roofs. L-shaped 2 storey block with basement below the cross-wing (Church hall). Latter has a more steeply pitched roof than the school, with a coped gable and 2 storey canted bay containing mullioned and transomed windows in Ham stone, (probably C16 re-used). Entrance in the right return angle with a Tudor style doorway with square headed dripmould and stops, and above diamond-shaped panel with bishops mitre and rose, taken from the Bishops Palace (q.v.). Pair of 4 light mullion and transom windows on the first floor, both blocked in the lower half. The school has wooden casements on both front and rear elevations, leaded casements on 2 end bays facing churchyard. Tongue and groove, squared headed doorways onto Rotten Row. Interior of school, re-used C16 moulded wooden ceiling.

Listing NGR: ST0824827698