The Old School House
THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, 102, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1293752
- Date first listed:
- 15-May-1968
- List Entry Name:
- The Old School House
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, 102, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1293752
- Date first listed:
- 15-May-1968
- List Entry Name:
- The Old School House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, 102, HIGH 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:
- THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, 102, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Knaresborough
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 34872 57238
Details
SE 3457 KNARESBOROUGH HIGH STREET (north side)
6/143 No 102 (The Old School House) 15.5.68 GV II
School house, now house. Mid C18 with C20 restoration. Rendered, pantile roof with 3 eaves cornices of stone slates. 2 storeys, 3 first-floor windows. 6-panel door to right of centre, with fanlight, panelled reveals and wooden doorcase, (erected since 1968). Large stone tablet above. To right, sash with glazing bars in flush wood architrave with 9-pane unequally hung sash above. To left, two 3-light side-sliding sashes with 24 panes, with two 2-light side-sliding sashes with glazing bars above. Ashlar gable coping and end stack of brick to left. The tablet above the door carries an inscription listing the donors and date of the school. Thomas Richardson gave this burgage house and £400 in trust to found an elementary school in 1765. It was know as Richardson's or the Charity School. By 1826 the donations had totalled £2,139 and 30 children were admitted. E Hargrove, History of the Castle, Town and Forest of Knaresborough, 6th Edition, 1809, p80. B Jennings, Harrogate and Knaresborough, 1970, p379.
Listing NGR: SE3487257238
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 330812
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Hargrove, E, History of the Castle Town and Forest of Knaresborough, (1809), 80
Jennings, B, A History of Harrogate and Knaresborough, (1970), 379
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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