Chirk Furniture and Carpet Centre and Dwelling

The Chirk Furniture and Carpet Centre and Dwelling is a former school built in the Elizabethan style. It features coursed and snecked coal-measure sandstones on an ashlar plinth, topped with a slate roof that has raised gables. The original structure included a schoolroom that runs parallel to the road, with a dwelling forming a right-angled wing at the back. The building is symmetrical, showcasing two projecting gabled bays at the front, each with 2-light stone mullioned windows, and a central twin 4-light stone mullioned window with a transom. There is also a twin 4-light window in the south gable, which has prominent kneelers and a roundel with running mouchettes above it. The south gable features two 20th-century first-floor windows. At the original north gable end, there is a tall pitched-roof bellcote, and the original entrance, now part of the 1905 extension, is located between a thickening of the wall that supports the bellcote. This extension includes a new 3-centred door beneath a raised gable and a projecting north wing that mirrors the design of the south gable, extending to the rear with mullioned and transomed stone windows. The schoolhouse has a basket-headed door and 2-light mullioned and transomed windows, while the upper floor is illuminated by a small raised gabled dormer that jetties on a moulded corbel table. The building features three tall octagonal stacks centrally located between the schoolroom and the house, along with two similar stacks on the east gable end. The interior has been modified with the addition of a floor.