Building record MDR15581 - The Old School House, Twyford Road, Twyford
Type and Period (1)
- SCHOOL (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)
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 3264 2881 (6m by 11m) |
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Civil Parish | TWYFORD AND STENSON, SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
May 5 2015 4:16PM