Larbrax School Hall

1843 (dated); later alterations and additions. Free-standing hall to E, circa 1907. 2-storey house, with 1st floor breaking eaves; lower single storey school (converted to domestic use, 1975) adjoined to N. Tall single storey hall, containing additional classroom, situated to SE.

SCHOOLHOUSE AND SCHOOL: painted rubble. Projecting cills. Mainly 4-pane glazing in sash and case windows to house; small-pane glazing to school. Red sandstone ashlar coped skews; beak skewputts. Painted rubble gablehead stacks, to N to school, and ashlar banded to E and W to house. Graded grey slates to N pitch of house, purple slates to S pitch; small grey slates to school. Octagonal cans.

SCHOOLHOUSE:

E ELEVATION: window at ground and 1st floors to right.

S ELEVATION: 3-bay. Gabled bay advanced to left; bipartite window at ground floor, window at 1st floor; ashlar spike finial. Window at ground floor in bay to right; gabled dormerhead to window at 1st floor. Later painted brick gabled bay further advanced at centre; window at ground and 1st floors; formerly with door to E return.

W ELEVATION: window at ground and 1st floors to left.

N ELEVATION: school adjoined to right of centre. Porch adjoined to left (see below). Door to outer right.

SCHOOL:

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: gabled stone porch to left, in re-entrant angle with house; deeply-set round-arched door to E; ashlar shield in gablehead, inscribed "Larbrax School 1843"; diamond-paned window to N return; ashlar spike finial. 2 windows flanking centre.

W ELEVATION: 3 windows.

N ELEVATION: blank.

HALL: harled. Concrete tabbed margins. Overhanging eaves. 8-pane glazing in sash and case windows. Harled corniced gablehead stack to N, with octagonal can. Small grey slates.

N ELEVATION: window to left. Door, on N return of porch, to outer left.

E ELEVATION: gabled porch to right, with window to E. Lean-to, with corrugated metal roof, adjoined to remainder of elevation to left.

S ELEVATION: 3 tall windows.

W ELEVATION: window to outer left.

Water pump in yard. Painted brick former pony shed to SW.