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List entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: OLD SCHOOL BUILDING AT COWLEYS SCHOOL

List entry Number: 1064457

Location

OLD SCHOOL BUILDING AT COWLEYS SCHOOL, SCHOOL LANE

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County	District	District Type	Parish
Lincolnshire	South Holland	District Authority	Donington

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II

Date first listed: 25-Oct-1951

Date of most recent amendment: 13-Jan-1988

Legacy System Information

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 198146

Asset Groupings

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List entry Description

Summary of Building

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Reasons for Designation

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History

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Details

DONINGTON SCHOOL LANE TF 23 NW (north side) 2/30 Old School Building 25.10.51 at Cowleys School (formerly listed as Donington Cowley's Secondary School) ) G.V. II School. Founded by Thomas Cowley in 1719, partly rebuilt after a fire in 1812, altered C19 and C20. Red brown brick in English bond, ashlar and stucco dressings. Machine plain tiled roof with reused stone coped gables and decorative knops. Wooden bellcote with shaped lead roof. To the rear a tall wall stack. 2 storey, 6 bay front with ashlar plinth, first floor band and quoins. Timber dentillated eaves cornice. Central C19 lead roofed stucco porch with angle pilasters, plain frieze, moulded cornice to segmental pediment. Double half glazed doors with bordered lights. To left 3 and to right 2 large cross mullioned windows. To right a doorway with moulded ashlar surround and cornice, beyond a narrow C19 fixed light. To first floor are 6 two light casement windows. All windows have flat splayed brick arched heads with keyblocks and moulded ashlar cills. Above the door a C18 oval sundial, with inscription above. Beneath it a tablet records the foundation of the school by T. Cowley in 1719 and its rebuilding in AD 1812. On the quoins are many graffiti inscriptions, including a footprint dated 1795.

Listing NGR: TF2120335712

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National Grid Reference: TF 21203 35712

Map

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