Newtown School — Newtown Road

Attached three-bay (three-bay deep) three-storey over basement house, built 1786, on a square plan centred on single-bay three-storey breakfront with prostyle distyle portico to ground floor on a bowed plan; four-bay three-storey rear (east) elevation. Sold, 1797. Adapted to alternative use, 1798. Hipped slate roof on a quadrangular plan behind parapet with pressed or rolled lead ridges, paired rendered central chimney stacks having capping supporting yellow terracotta pots with paired rendered central chimney stacks (east) on axis with ridge having capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and concealed rainwater goods with cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Part Virginia creeper-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls on cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on rendered, ruled and lined base with "Cavetto"-detailed ogee cornice on blind frieze below parapet; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish (breakfront) with lead-covered "Cavetto"-detailed ogee pediment on blind frieze. Segmental-headed central door opening behind prostyle distyle portico on a bowed plan approached by three cut-limestone steps with columns on plinths supporting ogee-detailed cornice on blind frieze below lead-covered blocking course, and concealed dressings having concave reveals framing timber panelled door having fanlight. Square-headed flanking window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows. "Venetian Window" (first floor) with cut-limestone sill, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash window having two-over-two sidelights. Square-headed window opening in tripartite arrangement (top floor) with cut-limestone sill, and concealed dressings framing three-over-three timber sash window having one-over-one sidelights. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six or three-over-three (top floor) timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-nine (ground floor), six-over-six (first floor) or three-over-three (top floor) timber sash windows without horns. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining flagged floor, carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled reveals or shutters on panelled risers with carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, cantilevered staircase on a dog leg plan with "match stick" balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in volute, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in shared grounds.