Plumbland Church of England School
PLUMBLAND CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1217062
- Date first listed:
- 13-Aug-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Plumbland Church of England School
- Statutory Address:
- PLUMBLAND CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1217062
- Date first listed:
- 13-Aug-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Plumbland Church of England School
- Statutory Address 1:
- PLUMBLAND CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL
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:
- PLUMBLAND CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Plumbland
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 14542 38995
Details
NY 13 NW PLUMBLAND PARSONBY
12/85 Plumbland Church of England School
II
Grammar School now village school. 1799 with C19 extensions. Cement rendered walls, with red sandstone angle pilasters, under graduated greenslate roof with coped gables and kneelers; brick chimney stacks. Single storey, roughly cross-shaped with 3-storey clock-tower porch. Plank door in red sandstone surround in side wall of tower. Louvred vent openings and clock faces with Roman numerals on 2 sides; angle finials. Casement windows, some double, all in red sandstone surrounds. Greek inscription on north gable roundel and west open stone bellcote. Parson & White's Directory 1829; p.348 states,"the school was built in 1799 and contains two rooms, each 42 feet by 24; one of them being for the classics and the other for English, writing, arithmetic, etc. It is open to all boys and girls living in the parish free of expense, subject to several regulations.....".
Listing NGR: NY1454238995
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 411794
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Parson and Whites Directory in Parson and Whites Directory, (1829), 348
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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