Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sycamore Lodge
St. Arvans, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Education
- Date of designation
- 14 February 2001
- Locality
- St. Arvans
- Town
- Chepstow
- Community
- St. Arvans
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.66526, -2.70108
- Cadw reference
- 24772
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
About 50m south west of the Church of St Arvan.
History
A village school and schoolmaster's house which dates from about 1840, with the schoolroom apparently of one build, although the school at St Arvans is said not to have opened until 1873. The building is now wholly in domestic use.
Exterior
The building is constructed of coursed grey sandstone rubble with Bath stone ashlar dressings and a replacement slate roof. Single storey schoolroom to the right with a two storey master's house to the left. The house is three windows wide, the left hand one, which is set slightly back, is probably a later, perhaps modern, extension, athough built in character. The windows are all cross-framed casements in painted stone surrounds. The two right hand bays of the house are a balanced elevation with central gabled porch which also is a modern alteration. Three red brick stacks. To the right the school-room is gabled to the front and has a large 3-light 2-transom window. Small quatrefoil ventilator in the gable which has plain bargeboards. Rear elevation not seen.
Interior
Not available for inspection at resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included as an early/mid C19 village school which, despite conversion to domestic use, is largely unchanged externally and has group value with the immediately adjacent Church of St. Arvan.
Nearby in the register
- St Arvan's Church Cross-slabCross-marked stoneunder 1 mi
- Church of St ArvanReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- St. Arvans CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
- Village FountainWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.