Description

MALPAS C.P. HIGH STREET SJ 44 NE (East Side) 2/65 Alport Cottage 22/10/1952 GV II

Infants' school, now dwelling, forming north wing of Alport's School, a symmetrical building (see The Old School House item 64 and Alport House item 63 for the centrepiece and south wing), 1833, red-brown brick with grey slate roof. 2 storeys; 2 bays. The front is designed to match Alport House (q.v.) but the brick is redder and the parapet base a little lower. Stone plaque above the door inscribed MALPAS OLD INFANT SCHOOL ERECTED AD MDCCCXXXIII. Ridge chimney and rear gable chimney. The open north side has 2 casements under cambered arches. The stone-coped rear gable has dentilled verges and a blank camber-arched recess. Interior: Not inspected. Alport Cottage, The Old School House and Alport House are an unusual and attractive example of a school built and twice extended in unified style, 1745-1833.

Listing NGR: SJ4866247431

External Links

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014