Building record 1258705000 - SCHOOL COTTAGE, LATIMER

Summary

Nineteenth century village school built in about 1850, now a house.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1124777: SCHOOL COTTAGE (DBC6193)

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Type and Period (2)

  • ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Built about 1850, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • HOUSE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade II. Circa 1850 former school on letter-L plan. Red brick. Old tile roofs. One storey. East wing 2 bays, north wing 3 bays. Porch with 4-centre arch and flint lozenge panel over in angle. Two light casements either side of central stack. Leaded casements, gable ones mullioned and transomed with hoodmoulds. Gauged flat arched window heads. Flint lozenge panels to gables. Stacks with over-sailing courses (B1).
A school, for boys and infants, supported by Lord and Lady Chesham (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC19433 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p71.
  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p842.

Location

Grid reference TQ 00350 98810 (point)
Civil Parish LATIMER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 5 2020 3:52PM

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