Description

CHURCH SQUARE 1. 5365 (South Side) Central County Primary School ST 2224 NE 9/188

II GV

2. Gothic building of 1866, possibly by Sir G G Scott who was involved in the restoration of the parish church opposite. 2 storey asymmetrical facade with large gabled range coming forward on right. Second gabled range to left. Rubble walls with ashlar dressings. Tiled roofs. 2 gablets over 1st floor windows rise in centre of roof. All gables have stone copings and kneelers. Weathered sillband. Buttress in centre of front. Plinth. 3 windows to left and 3 large window in gabled range to right. Centre 1st floor windows and the large window have pointed arches and stone mullions and transoms. Plate tracery of 3 and 5 lights grouped under cusped oculi. Remaining windows are square-headed of 5 and 4 lights with relieving arches. Coping of gable to right comes down low in centre to end over a small pointed doorway with projecting stone hood on brackets,

All the listed buildings in Church Square together with the Church of St Mary Magdalene and the listed buildings in Hammet Street form an extremely important group.

Listing NGR: ST2289524569

External Links

• Wikidata Q26313008

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
• 
  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas