Listed Building: THE OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL (1287156)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 1650, 4, 58
Date assigned 09 March 1953
Date last amended

Description

WEAVERHAM C.P. SJ 67 SW 4/58 FOREST STREET (North Side) No. 38 (The Old Grammar School) 9/3/1953 II GV Formerly school, now house: founded 1638 by William Barker of Sandiway, converted to house c1920. Dressed tooled red sandstone blocks, Welsh slate roof, corner brick chimney. Rectangular 1-room plan. 2-storey, 3-bay front. Tall plinth. Left end bay has a rectangular doorcase with a heavy lintel above which has a flat moulded hood. Other bays have 3-light rebated chamfered stone mullioned windows. Right gable end has a tiebeam and collar truss with studs between. Rear has intact, though restored, fenestration. Interior: splayed reveals to the windows, no original features though present corner fireplace may suggest original position. The school may have acted as the manor courthouse, into the C18, and was extensively damaged during the Civil War. Listing NGR: SJ6117473929

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 403005. [Mapped features: #1068 403005; #6376 403005]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 6117 7392 (22m by 10m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ67SW
Civil Parish WEAVERHAM, VALE ROYAL, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

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Record last edited

Sep 9 2019 10:20AM