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St Bartholomew's Church of England School and Attached Walls and Railings

A Grade II Listed Building in Crewkerne, Somerset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.883 / 50°52'58"N

Longitude: -2.7989 / 2°47'56"W

OS Eastings: 343894

OS Northings: 109581

OS Grid: ST438095

Mapcode National: GBR MG.SLQJ

Mapcode Global: FRA 560R.Z9N

Plus Code: 9C2VV6M2+5C

Entry Name: St Bartholomew's Church of England School and Attached Walls and Railings

Listing Date: 6 December 1993

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1203024

English Heritage Legacy ID: 390299

ID on this website: 101203024

Location: Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18

County: Somerset

District: South Somerset

Civil Parish: Crewkerne

Built-Up Area: Crewkerne

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

Church of England Parish: Crewkerne

Church of England Diocese: Bath and Wells

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Description


CREWKERNE

ST4309 BARN STREET 876-1/6/20 (South side) St Bartholemew's Church of England School & attached walls & railings

II

School. Founded as a National School in 1847, with late C19 alterations and additions. MATERIALS: Ham Hill stone ashlar, slate roof with stone copings to gable ends and reconstructed stone stack to right gable end. PLAN: L-shaped plan. EXTERIOR: single storey; symmetrical 4-window range. A raised parapet above the gable of the central projecting porch supports a rebuilt gabled belfry; planked double doors are set in a Tudor arch with foliate spandrels and shield stops. Tall 3-light mullioned windows with transoms toward the top, one pane above and 3 below, are under a continuous labelmould. Diagonal buttresses to the corners. A carved scroll above the porch has the inscription " Crewkerne National School, erected 1847". The rear wing to the left four 3-light stone mullioned and transomed windows with cast-iron glazing bars. INTERIOR: The hall to the right has painted stone corbels supporting chamfered arch braces to a roof structure obscured by a suspended ceiling which has large wooden pendants projecting through it. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: A rubblestone plinth with Ham Hill stone coping steps uphill into Barn Street and attaches to the right hand buttress; it supports spearhead railings with scroll supports and double gates to the centre with long/short railings. (Victoria County History: Somerset: Oxford: 1978-: P.9).

Listing NGR: ST4389409581

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