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school — Western Road

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Detached three-bay single-storey former national school, dated 1887, having gable-fronted porch to front (north-east) and recent extension to side (north-west). Now in use as museum. Pitched slate roofs with overhanging timber eaves with exposed roof beams and cast-iron rainwater goods throughout. Carved timber bargeboards to side (south-east) gable and porch. Snecked polychrome stone walls with plinth throughout, having chamfered rock-faced limestone quoins. Inscribed name and date plaque to side (south-east) elevation. Camber-headed window openings with render sills throughout having red brick block-and-start surrounds and red brick voussoirs to replacement timber casement windows. Rock-faced limestone block-and-start surround and voussoirs to side (south-east) elevation window opening having replacement timber casement window. Square-headed ventilation opening with cast-iron vent to gable of side (south-east) elevation, having rock-faced limestone surround. Camber-headed door opening with rock-faced limestone voussoirs to front elevation of porch, having timber battened door and limestone stepped approach. Blind camber-headed door opening to rear (south-west) elevation, having red brick block-and-start surround and red brick voussoirs. Rendered enclosing wall to north-east with pointed rendered copings, square-profile rendered gate piers with double-leaf cast-iron gates.

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