Cawthorne's Endowed School
Cawthorne's Endowed School, Abbeystead, LA2 9BQ
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1071602
- Date first listed:
- 24-Feb-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Cawthorne's Endowed School
- Statutory Address:
- Cawthorne's Endowed School, Abbeystead, LA2 9BQ
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 1999-10-10
- Reference:
- IOE01/01641/27
- Rights:
- © Mr Charles Satterly. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1071602
- Date first listed:
- 24-Feb-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Cawthorne's Endowed School
- Statutory Address 1:
- Cawthorne's Endowed School, Abbeystead, LA2 9BQ
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Cawthorne's Endowed School, Abbeystead, LA2 9BQ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Lancaster (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Over Wyresdale
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 56132 54311
Details
SD 55 SE
12/46
OVER WYRESDALE
ABBEYSTEAD
Cawthorne's Endowed School
GV
II
School, late C19, possibly by Douglas. Sandstone rubble with slate roof. Single storey. South side has two projections, the right-hand one gabled, the left-hand one smaller and with a hipped roof. Windows have lights with elliptical heads. To the right of the right-hand projection is one of eight lights, with mullions and transom. To the left there is a similar window. Its front wall has two two-light mullioned windows. The left-hand projection has a two-light mullioned window. There is a door with chamfered surround in its right-hand return wall. The right-hand projection has similar doorways in both return walls. The main building has a stone bellcote on its right-hand gable and a chimney with twin octagonal shafts on its left-hand one. The left-hand (west) gable wall has a stepped eight-light mullioned and transomed window with pointed heads to the upper lights.
Listing NGR: SD5613254311
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 182582
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 05-Jun-2026 at 21:09:57.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.