school — The Square

Detached four-bay two-storey national school, dated 1876, on an L-shaped plan on a corner site comprising two-bay two-storey range to east having single-bay two-storey side elevation, two-bay two-storey range to north having two-bay two-storey side elevation, and single-bay single-storey canted projecting porch to corner/turn in plan. Renovated, c.1975, with window openings to range to north remodelled. Now in use as nursing home. Hipped slate roof to range to east with pitched slate roof to range to north having clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks (one on axis with ridge), cut-stone coping to gable, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves having moulded consoles. Flat roof to porch not visible behind parapet. Painted rendered, ruled and lined walls with cut-limestone quoins to corners, cut-stone date stone/plaque to gable to north, and moulded cornice to porch on frieze with blocking course over to parapet. Camber-headed window openings (remodelled to range to north, c.1975, as square-headed window openings) with cut-limestone sills (concrete sills to remodelled openings), and six-over-six timber sash windows (timber casement windows to remodelled openings). Camber-headed door opening to porch with cut-limestone surround, timber panelled door, square-headed slit-style flanking window openings having cut-limestone sills, and two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Road fronted on a corner site.