The Old Grammar School and attached iron railings is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 April 2004. School, house.
The Old Grammar School and attached iron railings
- WRENN ID
- high-lime-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 April 2004
- Type
- School, house
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Old Grammar School, a former school building primarily from the 19th century, reflects its 17th-century origins. It is constructed of coursed rubble with some ashlar dressings and tooled quoins, topped with a slate roof. The building features a gable-end facade and consists of two storeys. The windows are cross-framed, with two-light windows on the first floor and three-light windows on the ground floor. Two incised plaques indicate work completed in 1862 and 1898.
To the right, there is a lower, narrow recessed lean-to side wing with small casement windows that have ashlar surrounds. This wing connects to the projecting schoolmaster's house, which also has a gable-end facade. The house features a tall tiered rubble lateral external stack with terracotta pots, and a single three-light casement window on the main facade above a canted ground floor bay window. Further to the right, there is a two-window range set back, followed by a separately gabled cross wing, also with a two-window range.
In the angle between the school and the house is a portico made of rock-faced stone, featuring a parapet with orb finials, segmental arches, and broad corner columns. The side elevation of the school includes a Tudor-arched doorway with a boarded door, large ground-floor cross-framed windows under relieving arches, and a mullioned window on the first floor. The street frontage is marked by a rubble wall with two gateways, one of which still has a gate, along with piers and capstones, and a stretch of iron railings topped with spear finials.
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