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BOSTON TF3243NE SOUTH END 716-1/10/160 (East side) 27/05/49 No.1 Old School House (Formerly Listed as: SOUTH END (East side) No.1 School House) GV II Headmaster's house, now flats. 1827, extended late C19, altered C20. Gault brick in Flemish bond, Westmorland slate roof with lead dressings. Stone coped gables with 2 brick stacks. Rear and sides in red brick, with slate roofs. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys plus basement and garret, 3-bay front, centre bay advanced slightly with open pediment, plain end pilasters, pinth, 1st floor sill band, paired dentilled cornice. Central 8-panel door up 5 steps, with plain overlight with open pedimented doorcase having engaged fluted half-round Doric columns. Panelled reveals. Flanked by single bordered glazing bar sashes. To the basement 2, and 1st floor 3, smaller similar windows. All except basement have cambered wedge stucco lintels with fluted keystones. In the pediment the triple crown Boston emblem. To the rear, on the right, a single-storey extension containing a 6-panel door with plain fanlight, contemporary lion's head door knocker. C19 red brick extensions, 3 storeys with glazing bar sashes. INTERIOR: retains some contemporary joinery. Listing NGR: TF3288843721

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