Strawberry How (former Grammar School)

The former site of Cockermouth Grammar School is located on Strawberry How, off Strawberry How Road in Cockermouth. It was originally built as Cumberland Industrial School for Boys, which was opened by the Home Secretary, Sir William Harcourt in 1881.[1] The Industrial School closed in 1921, and later reopened as the Cockermouth Secondary School. In 1945, this became Cockermouth Grammar School. In 1984, Cockermouth Grammar School merged with Derwent School to form Cockermouth School, which operated on the two sites up to c.1991, until the former Derwent School site was extended to accommodate all the students on one site. Later, the building was converted to use as a business park with offices and workshops. Then in 2004 it was converted to housing. The building complex is Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England.