Late 19th century school house, 'Stambridge School House', Stambridge (EHER 82641)

Stambridge School House was built in 1877 along with the Stambridge School. The school has been extended and modernised but the school house has been less altered with only the addition of a bathroom and modernisation of the kitchen. The school house is of two storeys and is built of Gault brick. It has a pitched tiled roof with plain bargeboards and two decorative chimney stacks. Some of the windows have been replaced with uPVC.

NRHE data transfer: The School House is attached to Stambridge Primary School, both built in 1877. The school has been extended and modernised, but it is understood that the only substantial changes to the former school master's house are the addition of a bathroom and modernisation of the kitchen. A historic photograph of the school and school house shows that the school has lost its bell tower, among other features. On the 1897 Ordnance Survey (OS) map the school house and outbuildings have the same footprint as today except that the school has been extended to the north. The two-storey school house is constructed of Gault brick and has a pitched, tiled roof with plain bargeboards and two decorative chimney stacks. The windows are 8-pane horned sashes with pointed segmental arch heads in red and black brick. The entrance porch is in the centre of the south elevation. Above, to the right, is a dormer window with a uPVC window below the eaves. The plank and batten entrance door retains its original decorative door furniture. It has been stated that some windows still have their original glass, and that evidence of the criss-cross tape put on windows in World War II can still be seen. There is a range of brick-built, painted outbuildings to the east of the house. Architectural interest: the building has some pleasing decorative features but it is a standard design for a school with incorporated school house of this period. Alterations: the School House has remained largely intact but the school has been subject to alterations and extensions, including the loss of the bell tower, which, for a school of this date and standard design, have considerably diminished its interest. The building is of local rather than national architectural and historic interest. <1> Unified Designation System UID: 1403391