Building record 735/2 - The Old School House, Lower Peover

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /6/16 (Report). SCH1934.

The Old School House, The Cobbles. School House 1645 and 1710, converted to cottage. English garden wall bond brown brickwork with graded stone slate roof. Stone above doorway inscribed 'Deo et Ecclesiae hanc domunculum in usum scholae humilime dedicat Ri : Comberbach 1710 postea datavit 1645'

<2> Department for the Environment, Various, Provisional List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /19/8/2 1965 (Report). SCH2744.

<3> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 57610 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Schoolhouse, 1645 and 1710, converted to cottage. English garden wall bond brown brickwork with graded stone-slate roof. 1½ storeys, 2 windows, symmetrical. Door of 6 raised and fielded panels; replaced wooden 3-light leaded casements; plain 3-course band at 1st floor; stone above doorway inscribed Deo et Ecclesiae hanc domunculum in usum scholae humilime dedicat Ri: Comberbach 1710 postea datavit 1645; on cill of dedication stone RESTAURATA 1883. A horizontally sliding sash in lower storey of left gable end and 2 in upper storey, all leaded; mid C20 oriel inserted in right gable. Replaced empty square belfry above right gable; rendered chimney on left gable. Interior, altered during conversion, not inspected. Part of an attractive group around forecourt to churchyard.