Hovingham Primary School
Hovingham Primary School is a former school in Hovingham, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
The school and attached teacher's house were built in 1864. An extension was added in 1880, to provide a primary schoolroom. The building was grade II listed in 1987.[1][2] By 2022, the school had no pupils and in 2023 it was closed down, against local objections. At the time, it was proposed that it would be converted to a community use.[3][4]
The school and house are built of stone with Welsh slate roofs. The school has a single storey, an open schoolroom to the east, and an extension to the north. In the centre of the main block is a three-light transomed window flanked by paired trefoil-headed windows. On the right return is an oriel window. The entrance on the left has a hood mould, over which is an inscribed plaque, and to its left is a window with a dated lintel and a half-dormer above. The house has two storeys, three bays, and an outshut on the left. It contains a bay window and trefoil-headed windows. Both buildings are surrounded by railings.[2][5]
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- ^ Page, William (1914). A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. London: Victoria County History. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ a b Historic England. "The Village School and Schoolmaster's House and railings around property, Hovingham (1149773)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- ^ "Hovingham: Campaign to save school with no pupils". BBC News. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Horner, Ed (21 March 2023). "School in North Yorkshire set to close after drop in pupil numbers". The Press. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.