Building record 1342900000 - Denham First School, Cheapside Lane
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1332453: DENHAM FIRST SCHOOL AND ATTACHED WALLS (DBC1864)
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Type and Period (3)
- TEACHERS HOUSE (Built 1877-8, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- INFANT SCHOOL (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? (Built 1877-8, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
Description
Grade II. Village primary school & attached teacher's house. 1877-8. Yellow stock brick with red brick dressings & bands; tiled gabled roofs with projecting rafters & purlins at eaves, bargeboards, terracotta finials, ventilation cowls; to left a louvred timber bellcote with slated pyramidal roof and weather-vane; to right, tall brick enriched chimney stacks. Single storey school with projecting end bays, that to right being the teacher's house of 2 storeys. 10 window range. Entrances at angles have part-glazed doors under Tudor-arched heads. Tall 2-light transom & mullion windows with glazing bars; those to left hand bay paired with red brick segmental arched heads & dressings. Penultimate windows in central range set in pointed arch recesses beneath gables; others break through eaves with flat heads. Right hand teacher's house with 4-light canted bay window having a tiled penthouse roof with projecting rafters. First floor 2-light casement with segmental arched head. Entrance in right hand recessed bay (B1).
Sources (1)
- <1>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. Added 23rd July 1992.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 03943 86545 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DENHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Apr 13 2025 7:58PM
