Tate School

Detached nine-bay two-storey school, built 1864-6; opened 1867, on an L-shaped plan; single-bay (south) or seven-bay (north) two-storey side elevations. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Closed, 1949. Sold, 1957, to accommodate alternative use. Sold, 2007, to accommodate proposed alternative use. Now disused. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with roll moulded clay ridge tiles, red brick Common bond chimney stacks having shallow stringcourses below corbelled stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slate flagged eaves on red brick chevron- or saw tooth-detailed cornice retaining cast-iron downpipes. Red brick Common bond walls on cut-granite chamfered plinth with rusticated cut-granite quoins to corners. Segmental-headed central door opening in segmental-headed recess approached by flight of five cut-granite steps, timber mullions on cut-granite step threshold supporting timber transom, and red brick voussoirs framing glazed timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight. Square-headed window openings in camber-headed recesses (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, and red brick voussoirs framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings in camber-headed recesses (first floor) with cut-granite sill course, and red brick voussoirs framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Segmental-headed central door opening in segmental-headed recess (north) with cut-granite step threshold, and cut-granite surround framing timber panelled door having overlight. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in landscaped grounds on a slightly elevated site including terrace centred on flight of thirteen cut-granite steps.