Survey Data
Reg No
20852057
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
School
In Use As
Outbuilding
Date
1880 - 1920
Coordinates
134186, 72719
Date Recorded
14/07/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey school, built c.1900, now in use as outbuilding. Pitched slate roof with vent to ridge and cast-iron rainwater goods. Render walls. Square-headed window openings with render sills throughout, having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to front (north) elevation with double-leaf timber panelled door, margined overlight and limestone step. Set within recent school grounds.
Appraisal
This former school retains much of its original form and fabric, such as a slate roof, ridge vent and sash windows. Built as an industrial school to train young women in household duties, it played an important role in the local social fabric in the past.