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Summary

Pilton School, dated 1840. Enlarged. Now an art gallery and studios.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1385198: THE OLD SCHOOL

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SCHOOL (XIX - 1840 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

English Heritage, 2013, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV350785.

The Old School.
School, now art gallery and studios. Dated 1840; enlarged. Stone rubble, squared in parts; red brick dressings at rear. Slated roof. Late C19 red brick chimney at rear. A long range with cross-wing at left-hand end; with projecting entrance porch adjoining wing. Porch and cross-wing probably added in 1860s or 1870s. 2 storeys with garret 4-window range. The original long range has 3 windows per storey, all with flat arches containing well-cut voussoirs of brown, purple and grey-green local stone. All but one have 3-light wood casements with thin chamfered mullions; 4 panes per light with horizontal glazing bars in outer lights, except that middle upper-storey window has been altered to inert opening casements; all the middle lights have been altered in this way. Upper-storey left-hand window has 3-paned sashes. Between storeys is a stone plaque inscribed 'PILTON SCHOOL A.D. 1840.' The right-hand ground-storey window has been a doorway at some time and may have been the original entrance. Porch has doorway with moulded limestone surround and pointed arch; above it a stone shield with monogram AA. Upper-storey window of limestone with 3 Tudor-arched lights and straight hood mould. Crenellated parapet designed to resemble a Dutch gable. Wing has moulded pointed-arched doorway to left. 2-light limestone window to right, another of 5 lights in 2nd storey, and a third of 3 lights in gable; all have Tudor-arched lights and straight hoodmoulds, the hoodmould of the gable window rising to enclose a blank shield. Gable has moulded coping and kneelers; apex has 3 panels with cinquefoiled, Tudor-arched heads. At right-hand end of the building is a stone Tudor archway leading to an external staircase.
Interior not inspected.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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