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| HER Number: | MDV35546 |
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| Name: | Abbotsham Poorhouse |
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Summary
The school, situated beside the church, was originally built as the poor house, but considerably altered in 1875.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 424 264 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS42NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Abbotsham |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ABBOTSHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS42NW/171
- Old Listed Building Ref (II)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WORKHOUSE (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1938, 19NW. Revision of 1932 with additions in 1938. Provisional Edition (Cartographic). SDV335680.
'school' shown on OS 6" map.
Ordnance Survey, 1975, Untitled Source (Cartographic). SDV19774.
'School' shown on OS 6" map
Meade, H. M., 1988, Untitled Source (Un-published). SDV19772.
The school, situated beside the church, was originally built as the poor house, but considerably altered in 1875. It continues to be used as a village school.
Department of Environment, 1989, Abbotsham, 1 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV1633.
School and schoolmaster's house, now primary school. Datestone to front records date of building as 1851, at expense of W. Cheywood Esq, of Kenwith castle. Coursed slatestone rubble; gabled slate roof; stone end stacks. School room placed to right of schoolmaster's house. Style is mixture of domestic Tudor and Gothic. 2 storeys; 4-window range. Gabled and stone-coped porch with pointed chamfered archway, and segmental stone arch over c20 inner door. Porch is flanked by tympanum arches over two mid c19 ovolo-moulded wood-mullioned and transomed 3-light windows; similar windows to first floor on left and similar one-light window to left-hand bay of ground floor. Two plank doors to left, and inserted late c19 chamfered wood-mullioned and transomed 3-light window in blocked doorway to lower bay on right. Similar ovolo-moulded windows to rear. Subsidiary features: gateway attached to right, which enters churchyard of the church of St. Helen, has pediment-shaped stone-coped parapet above segmental-arched doorway.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV1633 | List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1989. Abbotsham. Historic Houses Register. A4 Spiral Bound. 1. |
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| SDV19772 | Un-published: Meade, H. M.. 1988. Additions and Amendments to Checklist. Worksheet. |
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| SDV19774 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1975. 6". |
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| SDV335680 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1938. 19NW. Revision of 1932 with additions in 1938. Provisional Edition. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map. Map (Paper). |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
| Date Last Edited: | May 3 2006 5:44PM |
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