Ilam Church of England School Bell Tower, Ilam, Staffordshire.
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greysman
N 53° 03.345 W 001° 48.073
30U E 580345 N 5879144
This Gilbert Scott designed school has a tall octagonal bell cote with a single bell.
Waymark Code: WMCH51
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/07/2011
Views: 4
This school building was designed by George Gilbert Scott and built in 1854. It is grade II listed and is an essential element of the picturesque estate village rebuilt by Scott in the 1850's.
The bell cote is built onto the porch, it has wooden open-work superstructure in octagonal form, and is surmounted by a spire and ornamental iron-work cross. There is a single bell in the cote.
The school is built of coursed and squared rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings. The roof is tiled with fishscale tiles with plain tile bands. It is in the Gothic style, of a single storey and one-one-one bay layout. The central gabled porch has bracketed, shaped and painted barge boards and wooden lattice work to the gable. Double windows to left and right of the centre have early C14 style tracery. A pair of segmental pointed doorways to the centre are approached by a flight of steps, the square panel above the doors contains a blank shield surrounded by cusping. The gabled dormer casements to left and right of centre have shaped and painted barge boards. The left hand gable end has a 4-light window with early C14 style tracery and the upper part of gable has bracketed, shaped and painted barge boards with an infill of bracketed trellis work.
Address of Tower:
Ilam Church of England School
Ilam Moor Lane,
Ilam, , Staffordshire UK
DE6 2AZ
Number of bells in tower?: 1
Rate tower: 
Tours or visits allowed in tower?: No
Still Operational: Not Listed
Relevant website?: Not listed
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