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The Old School House, Warkworth


The Old School House is located on The Butts in Warkworth. This is a former Borough School, dated 1736. Above the door, there is a panel with an inscription: "In Year 1736 Mr George Lawson of Gloster Hill Built this House and gave it to the Town for a School House". The building served as the Borough School until c.1890; in the early C20 it served as a village meeting room. The Old School House is Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England.

Warkworth 1736 Historic Buildings and Monuments in Warkworth CP Former School
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THE SCHOOLHOUSE - Warkworth - List Entry
- 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. …
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List number: 1154948
List grade: 2
County: Northumberland
Grid ref: NU2489506146

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