Applegates (EHER 28341)

Timber-framed house constructed about 1400. It was converted into a school in 1692, and extended in the 18th and 19th century. It is now in use as a house.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Applegates (NAT). <1> Applegates. House, about 1400, converted for use as a public building, extended in the 18th and 19th century, now a house. Converted into a school and master's house in 1692. RCHM 10. Grade II. <2> School House, 100 yards ESE of the church, has a small staircase - wing on the south side. In the 18th century a wing was added at the east end of the north side, making the plan L-shaped. The 18th century wing has a modern extension. Inside the building are two original doors of moulded battens. <3> September 1980. Grade II listed. A timber framed house with external plaster which was constructed about 1400 and converted for use as a public building. It was extended in the 18th and 19th centuries and is now used as a house again. The roof is covered with handmade red clay tiles. This building is illustrated in Muilman in 1770 as The School House. 'The Free School for the poor boys occupies the site of an old tenement called Ford's, which had been long held by the parish for charitable uses, but was converted into a school and master's house in 1692'. <4> <5> February 2002. Trial trenching. Evaluation in the garden to the north of Applegates produced two sherds of highly abraded medieval pottery from the topsoil/subsoil interface in Trench 1. <6>