Description

WEYMOUTH

SY6685 CHURCH STREET, Upwey 873-1/5/547 (West side) 14/06/73 The School

GV II

Former school, now community building. c1840. Squared and coursed Portland stone, slate roof. Tudor Revival style. PLAN: plain rectangular block to the street, with parallel wing forming an L-plan, later wing set to internal angle. EXTERIOR: single storey, 3-bay front to Church Street, with 4-light stone chamfered-mullion casements to labels. Gables with coped verges; that to the right (N) is rendered, with a pinnacle, and partly concealed by a flat-roofed porch addition. To the left, the main gable has a lofty bellcote with pointed arch and steep gabled top, above a stone louvred lancet to the roof space, a small rectangular light, and plank doors in a flush surround, all these with drip courses. To its left, slightly set back, the later wing, with similar detailing, has a pinnacle to the gable above a small louvred lancet and a 4-light mullioned casement. The front to the playground area has, to the left, the original building, with a large 3-light chamfered-mullion casement, without drip and a plank door to segmental head. Coped verge and pinnacle to the left, plain verge and brick stack, right. Then the later wing, partly concealed by asbestos-roofed extensions. INTERIOR: is in 4 bays, with raised king-post trusses, and there is a large elliptical opening from the main schoolroom to the W wing.



Listing NGR: SY6611185207

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