Description

SD 48 SE
2/5
HEVERSHAM

Heversham

The Old School House
North of Church of
St Peter (q.v)

G.V.
II

Old School House, now house. Initials and date M.H. 1841 on gable. Rendered
walls with limestone dressings; graduated greenslate roof with stone ridge; one
end chimney to left, central chimney with round shaft. Gothick style. Irregular
plan. 2 storeys with single-storey portion to left. 2 adjacent gables to
front. Right hand gabled portion has (overhanging) upper floor resting on
massive roughly dressed limestone lintel supported on two weathered limestone
piers. 3-light window to ground floor, 4-light window with hood mould above,
both with chamfered stone mullions and surrounds and leaded glazing: upper
window has central lights set one above the other. Left hand gabled portion
narrower: board door in stone surround with 4-centred arched head, small
casement over. Single-storey portion to left has 2-light window with stone
mullions. See also notes for The Old School (q.v) and Curwen, John F. History
of Heversham with Milnthorpe, pub. Titus Wilson, Kendal, 1930, for further
details.

Listing NGR: SD4961683461

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26377658

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Recommended Books

• 
  For the Record
• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)