Blake House; Blake School Witney, England

Listed Building Data

Blake House; Blake School has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1289550
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
3 March 1988
Name
BLAKE HOUSE BLAKE SCHOOL
Location
BLAKE HOUSEBLAKE SCHOOL
Parish
Witney
District
West Oxfordshire
County
Oxfordshire
Grid Reference
SP 36143 09657
Easting
436142.5040
Northing
209657.1780

Listed Building Description

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WITNEY COGGES SP3609 8/89 Blake School and Blake House GV II

Tithe barn, now school. Cl7, remodelled as school, c.1850-60. Schoolhouse to front: squared and coursed limestone with ashlar dressings; gabled stone slate roof; brick end stacks. 2-unit plan. 2 storeys; symmetrical 2-window range. Bracketed flat hood over beaded 4-panelled door with overlight. Stone lintels over 6-pane sashes. C20 two-storey bay to left. School to rear of similar materials and in Gothic Revival style. Ouatrefoil window to right; C20 extensions to left; rear gable has quatrefoil light above 4-light intersecting tracery window. Right-angle wing to rear right has hood mould and pointed chamfered doorway and 2-light cinquefoil-headed window. Interior: school, former barn, has 5-bay collar-truss roof with butt purlins. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SP3614609654