Listed Building record MDO17087 - The Old School House, Barrow Hill, Bere Regis

A house built in the first half of the eighteenth century. It is said to have been the schoolmaster’s house and may have been built around 1719 when the school was founded. The building has brick walls and a slate roof with a brick chimney stack. The school itself has been rebuilt, with the date stone reset.

Department of the Environment, 1984, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Bere Regis, Bloxworth, East Stoke, Lytchett Matravers, and Morden, 1 (Scheduling record). SDO20702.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 1, 20 (Monograph). SDO148.

‘(29) HOUSE, on Barrow Hill, of brick and with a slated roof, is of the first half of the 18th century; it is said to have been the schoolmaster’s house and may well have been built around the time that the adjacent school was founded in 1719. The brickwork is of Flemish bond with blue headers and a plat-band marking the first floor. The original plan comprised two rooms. Entrance was through a porch and lobby to one side of the central chimney. The house has been divided and altered. The school has been rebuilt and the original date panel reset.’

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Aug 22 2024 4:28PM