Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
24071
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/10/2000
Date of Amendment
10/10/2000
Name of Property
The Old School
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Mathern
Town
Chepstow
Locality
Mathern
Easting
352003
Northing
191503
Street Side
Location
In the centre of Mathern new village about 600m north of the Church of St Tewdric.
Description
Broad Class
Education
Period
History
A village school built in about 1865 and probably designed by the Llandaff diocesan architects, John Prichard and John Pollard Seddon. The wing at the north end may be an addition, but, if so, it must be very soon after the main build.
Exterior
Small village school built of thin coursed squared grey sandstone rubble with limestone and Bath stone dressings, Welsh slate roof. T-shaped building with the foot formed by the rear wing, The right hand (north) arm may be an addition, see below and History. Single storey with gable central to the street. From the left, a 2-light window with Caernarvon heads; a tall stack characteristic of Prichard/Seddon designs; in the gable a 3-lancet-light window with stepped lights; a single light window as before; a doorway with blocked architrave and plank door; a 2-light window as before. The left hand gable is plain with paired lancets. The right hand gable is hipped, suggesting a possible addition, with a 2-light window as before. Rear elevation not seen.
Interior
Interior not seen at time of resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved Diocesan school of the 1860s which has group value with the Memorial Homes opposite and the adjacent telephone box.
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