Listed Building: OLDE SCHOOL HOUSE (467349)

WEYMOUTH SY6684 CHURCH STREET, Upwey 873-1/6/563 (East side) 14/06/74 No.22 Olde School House (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET, Upwey (East side) No.22) GV II School house, now cottage. Early C19. Rubble, thatch roof. A long triple unit, probably formed by joining 2 earlier small cottages; set gable-end to and back from the street. One storey and attic. All windows are C20 replacement casements. There are 2 eyebrow dormers in the first section, a mid-roof dormer in the lower centre section, and the end section. Ground floor has 3-light casements to segmental heads, and a plank door with a thatched hood. In the centre section is a large pair of French doors and a 2-light casement. The gable to the road is heavily buttressed, and has an external stack; there are 2 further small brick ridge stacks. The rear, with some C20 extensions, has one earlier casement with a characteristic wood lintel with stopped chamfered edge. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: this was the school house to the former school building immediately to the north (No.24, qv). Listing NGR: SY6664884459

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