Building record 1038/0/2 - The Old Schoolhouse, Main Road, Goostrey

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Summary

A grade II listed former school master's house dating from the early seventeenth century. Wood was in plentiful supply as a building material in Britain until the seventeenth century. It was therefore the most practical material for house building. Timber framed buildings consist of a wooden framework (usually oak) that was infilled to created solid walls. Infill material used included wattle and daub, lath and plaster, brick and weather board. Brick nogging, (brick infill) was often used in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to replace earlier wattle and daub or lath and plaster infill as it was longer lasting.

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Full Description

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 406387 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

School Master's house now private house. Early seventeenth century. Brick nogged and plastered timber frame with stone slate and blue tile roof coverings. Single storey and attic, three-bays. Stone plinth. Timbers in small framing with angle braces to rear and east gable. Facade and west gable in late eighteenth century brickwork. Three-light flush casements with glazing bars and flat cambered arches ground floor and in cat-slide half dormers at first floor level. Boarded door in heavy beaded frame, under cambered arch and fronted by softwood pitched hood with trellis side cheeks. Gable and intermediate ridge stacks. Brick outshut half length of rear. Interior: Timbers in internal walls, bevelled beams, door opening with ogee head. Inglenook beam.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1>XY Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 406387. [Mapped features: #53098 406387; #53099 406387]

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Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 778 699 (17m by 7m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ76NE
Civil Parish GOOSTREY, CONGLETON, CHESHIRE EAST
Historic Township/Parish/County GOOSTREY CUM BARNSHAW, SANDBACH, CHESHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 17 2020 3:00PM