Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Schoolhouse
Magor with Undy, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Education
- Date of designation
- 31 May 1995
- Locality
- Magor
- Community
- Magor with Undy
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.57862, -2.83025
- Cadw reference
- 16063
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated close to the south side of St Mary's church and adjacent to churchyard boundary.
History
School and attached schoolmaster's house of 1857, the latter now a separate dwelling and the school used for community activities and playgroups. It is possible that this building is also to the designs of John Norton the architect who built The Vicarage in 1861 and restored the church in 1868.
Exterior
Single storey school mostly of red sandstone roughly dressed and coursed with ashlar bellcote, copings and some window and door surrounds, these painted, others in yellow brick. Welsh slate roof with deep dentilled verges to E schoolroom and decorative end ridge tiles. Parallel gabled classroom, hall and house wings are joined by a cross wing. S elevation has gable with apex stone and kneelers and large segmental pointed arched window with hoodmould and Perp tracery with transom. Matching gable supports bellcote with trefoil bell opening and quatrefoil above. Cross wing windows of pointed lights within rectangular frames, the central larger under a dentilled gable. Other gothic details to windows and doorway. Simpler cambered arched schoolroom windows. Schoolhouse is of 2 storeys, has coped cross gables and has 2 substantial stacks, one with moulded cornice. Interior, partly refurbished, retains some panelling and dado rails.
Reason for designation
Included for group value and historical associations with St Mary's Church.
Nearby in the register
- Old SchoolEducationunder 1 mi
- Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Cross Base in Churchyard to St Mary's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- St. Mary's Churchyard Crosses, MagorCross baseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.