Description

ST 57 SW LONG ASHTON LONG ASHTON ROAD (north-west side)

4/138 Northleaze Primary School

- II

Village school and school house, now all a primary school. 1860 by James Wilson of Bath. Coursed, squared rubble with freestone dressings; slate roof; rubble and ashlar stacks. In an early Gothic style. Single storey school room to left of 5 bays, the end 2 in a projecting gabled wing which has a clock and an elaborate, octagonal turret supported on corbels and surmounted by an ashlar spire. 3-light trefoil headed and stepped lancet windows; the 3 to the right have gables with quatrefoils. To the left is the former school house as a 2 storey, projecting, gabled wing; 1:2:1-light canted bay window with a pierced quatrefoil parapet on the ground floor; 3-light window above. In the re- entrant angle is a gabled porch; pointed and chamfered ashlar doorway, plank door with strap hinges. A similar porch is setback to the right; later C19, 2 bay single storey extension to far left.

Listing NGR: ST5476970552

External Links

• Wikidata Q26421875

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Recommended Books

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings