Building record MDR15581 - The Old School House, Twyford Road, Twyford

Type and Period (1)

  • (Victorian - 1842 AD to 1842 AD)

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Full Description

A grade II listed former school; now a house. It was built in 1842 of red brick with sandstone dressings. It has a Welsh slate roof with stone coped gables, a brick gable stack and a brick bellcote. It has a chamfered stone plinth, and is of a single storey. The east elevation has two two-light casements in moulded stone surrounds. There is a similar elevation to the west. The gabled south elevation has a blocked ogee-arched doorway flanked by ovolo moulded stone cross windows with diamond lights. There is a stone shield above that has the inscription: 'This School Room / in connection with the /Church of England / was built by / Public subscription /on a site presented by / Sir G Crewe Bart / AD MDCCXLII'. It was converted into a house in 1979 by the Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust. (1) Twyford School Room was subject to a measured and drawn survey by R Bewers and L Doherty in 1978, prior to its conversion to residential use. (2)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. NHLE no: 1096518.
  • <2> Graphic material: Bewers, R & Doherty, L. 1978. Set of plans of Twyford School Room, prior to conversion to residential use.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 3264 2881 (6m by 11m)
Civil Parish TWYFORD AND STENSON, SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

May 5 2015 4:16PM

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