Allithwaite Church of England Primary School Old School House
ALLITHWAITE CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL, CAVENDISH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1099937
- Date first listed:
- 15-Feb-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Allithwaite Church of England Primary School Old School House
- Statutory Address:
- ALLITHWAITE CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL, CAVENDISH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1099937
- Date first listed:
- 15-Feb-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Allithwaite Church of England Primary School Old School House
- Statutory Address 1:
- ALLITHWAITE CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL, CAVENDISH STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, CAVENDISH STREET
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:
- ALLITHWAITE CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL, CAVENDISH STREET
- Statutory Address:
- OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, CAVENDISH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Lower Allithwaite
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 38602 76803
Details
LOWER ALLITHWAITE CHURCH ROAD SD 37 NE (West side) Allithwaite 5/66 Allithwaite C of E Primary School and Old School House G.V. II School and house. Probably 1860s, by E.G. Paley. Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs; south facade of house roughcast. School of one storey and 3 bays, the 1st bay recessed and lower, the house of 2 storeys and one bay. South facade has C20 extension to 1st bay; 2nd and 3rd bays have windows of 3 pointed lights and single-chamfered mullions, lateral stack with weathering and round shaft between. Gable end stack to 1st bay, bellcote to 2nd bay gable end; roof ventilator. House has 1st floor sill course. 1:2:1-light canted bay window with hipped stone roof and shouldered lintels; 1st floor has 2-light pointed window with blind tympanum. Lean-to re-entrant porch has 2-light window to return and pointed entrance with hoodmould and head stops. Left return has 3-light plate tracery window with hoodmould and headstops, and small-paned glazing. Right return has window of 2 lights to each floor, wing to rear has rainwater head. 2 cross-axial stacks. North facade has gabled wing to house, which has sashed windows with single glazing bars and flush relieving arches. Narrow bay to right has hipped roof, paired narrow sashes to ground floor and 1st floor casement. School has entrance and windows as to south but retaining original small-paned glazing; long C20 extension to end bay. Rear coped wall to yards to house and school interrupted by outbuilding with single-pitch roof.
Listing NGR: SD3860276803
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 76980
- 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.
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