Old School House And School, Clappers

Early 19th century, possibly incorporating earlier fabric, with later additions and alterations. Symmetrical, 2-storey, 3-bay former school house adjoining earlier to mid 19th century, single storey, 5-bay former school (grouped 3-1-1); extended 1909.

THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE: rectangular-plan with full-height wing at rear forming L-plan; glazed addition in rear re-entrant angle. Heavily-pointed sandstone rubble; droved and stugged sandstone dressings; harled side elevation. Quoins; long and short surrounds to openings. SW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: timber panelled door centred at ground; 2-pane fanlight. Single windows flanking entrance at ground; single windows in all bays at 1st floor. Former school adjoined to outer left. SE (SIDE) ELEVATION: principal gable end to left with single window at ground to left. Full-height wing recessed to right with single window at 1st floor off-set to left; glazed addition projecting at ground. NE (REAR) ELEVATION: blind elevation to principal block to left. Full-height, 3-bay wing projecting to right with single windows at ground flanking centre; single windows in all bays at 1st floor. Glazed addition in re-entrant angle to left. Former school adjoined to outer right. Modern windows throughout. Grey slate roof; stone-coped skews. Brick-built apex stacks; circular cans. INTERIOR: not seen 1999.

THE OLD SCHOOL: near T-plan with gabled porch in re-entrant angle to front. Predominantly tooled cream sandstone rubble (rake-jointed and squared and snecked in part); stugged and droved sandstone dressings. Quoins; tabbed margins to front; predominantly stop-chamfered openings; chamfered cills. SW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 3-bay gable end to left with large window at centre; smaller windows in flanking bays; lintels inscribed 'Mordington Public School 1909'. Single window in single storey, gabled projection at centre; part-glazed boarded timber door in return to right. Bipartite window in bay recessed to right. Former school house adjoined to outer right. NW (SIDE) ELEVATION: blind. NE (REAR) ELEVATION: projecting 3-bay gable end to right with large window at centre; smaller windows in flanking bays. 2-bay range recessed to left with gabled dormerhead to large window breaking eaves to right; boarded timber door at ground to left. Former school house adjoined to outer left. Predominantly 4-pane lower, 6-pane upper glazing in timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; stone-coped skews; beak skewputts. INTERIOR: not seen 1999.

ANCILLARY STRUCTURE: single storey, mono-pitched block to rear of former school with later additions. Rubble; tooled sandstone dressings. Modern roof. INTERIOR: not seen 1999.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: corniced, square-plan gatepiers flanking vehicular entrance to the Old School House; modern timber gates. Rubble walls partially enclosing site.