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| Old School House, Walney Island | ||
| Old School House | ||
| Street:- | Promenade | |
| locality:- | Walney Island | |
| civil parish:- | Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | school (ex) | |
| coordinates:- | SD18596851 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD1868 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD16 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Old School House |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "OLD SCHOOL HOUSE / / PROMENADE / BARROW IN FURNESS / BARROW IN FURNESS / CUMBRIA / II / 388558 / SD1859268510" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "School now house. Dated 1856. Limestone rubble with red sandstone dressings. slate roof. T-shaped plan with lean-tos in the angles; Gothic Revival style. Single storey. Front gable has large quoins and triple lancets in bonded ashlar surrounds, each light with latticed iron casement and shouldered head. Above the windows a ribbon reads 'FEAR GOD AND HEED HIS COMMANDMENTS' and above that a quatrefoil plaque under hoodmould states '1856/ IN MEMORY OF/ - - - MICHAELSON ESQ/ OF THE ISLE OF BARROW'. Shaped kneelers, ashlar gable copings and apex finial. Lean tos set back on each side have single-light windows and ashlar copings. Quoined square-headed doorway into left return of left lean-to. Both returns of main building have gabled elevations as front except for slits in place of the front gable ornament." |
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