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Detached U-plan two-storey former school, dated 1842, with projecting two-bay ends flanking three central bays and three-bay side elevations, now in use as community centre. Low pitched roof, covering not visible, with rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered eaves course. Rendered walls to front elevation, ruled-and-lined, with date plaque to central bay, snecked limestone walls elsewhere, with dressed limestone quoins and plinth course. Round-headed window openings to first floor with stone sills and timber sliding sash three-over-six pane windows. Square-headed window openings to ground floor with stone sills and timber sliding sash six-over-six pane windows, six-over-three panes to central bay. Square-headed entrance openings to centre end bays, with replacement timber panelled double-leaf doors, and plain overlights. Block-and-start surrounds to openings on south elevation and dressed limestone voussoirs to rear openings. Coursed rock-faced capped low boundary wall to front elevation, high random rubble stone boundary wall to rear.

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