Building record 1235700000 - THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE & THE OLD SCHOOL COTTAGE
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1125027: THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE AND THE OLD SCHOOL COTTAGE (DBC1549)
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Type and Period (3)
- INFANT SCHOOL (Dated 1859, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- TEACHERS HOUSE (Dated 1859, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- HOUSE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Grade II. Dated 1859. Originally a school and school master's house now 2 houses. Irregular composition approximately T-shaped with the long arm on the left the former school and the top bar on the right the former master's house. Stock brick; fishscale modern tile roof. Left hand part with low gabled projection on the left, then a gabled window rising into the roof and then a dormer window in the roof. Between this and the gabled end of the former master's house, a big open timber-framed porch with board entrance door with wrought iron hinges and furnishings. Ground floor of house with canted bay window with fishscale tiled roof. First floor with a four-centred arched casement window and, above that, a plaque with crest, lion passant and shield, and the date 1859. All windows with glazing bars; all gables bargeboarded (B1).
There is an Infant School at George Green, built in 1858, by Mrs Harvey (who supports it)[1862](B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p229.
- <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p870.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 00246 81114 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEXHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Apr 13 2025 11:57AM
