THE SCHOOLHOUSE - Warkworth - List Entry

  • Description

    Former Borough School, dated 1736. Squared stone with cut dressings; rear elevation concrete-faced and rendered. Pantile roof with stone slates to eaves at rear; Welsh slates on porch; brick stacks. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Centre top-glazed 5-panel door; sunk lintel panel with worn inscription (now largely illegible) 'This house was built by George Lawson of Gloster Hill who gave it to the town for a school-house, 1736'. 2-light mullioned window above, holding 6-pane casements. End bays have 12-pane Yorkshire sashes....
  • Owner

    Historic England
  • Source

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  • Further information

    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1154948
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 2 months, 1 week ago
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