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Latitude: 54.158 / 54°9'28"N
Longitude: -2.5972 / 2°35'50"W
OS Eastings: 361096
OS Northings: 473740
OS Grid: SD610737
Mapcode National: GBR BN9C.H7
Mapcode Global: WH94W.2RH8
Plus Code: 9C6V5C53+54
Entry Name: Old School House
Listing Date: 4 October 1967
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1071643
English Heritage Legacy ID: 182483
ID on this website: 101071643
Location: Tunstall, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA6
County: Lancashire
District: Lancaster
Civil Parish: Tunstall
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire
Church of England Parish: Tunstall St John the Baptist and Melling St Wilfred and Leck St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Blackburn
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TUNSTALL CHURCH LANE
SD 67 SW
5/183 Old School House
4-10-1967
II
House, formerly school, 1753. Sandstone rubble with slate roof. 2 storeys,
2 bays. Windows have stone surrounds with a slight chamfer. The door,
between bays, has a surround whose cyma moulding forms an ogee shape on
the lintel. Above is a plaque framed by pilasters and a cornice, supported
on brackets. It is inscribed: 'Johanni Farrer geno. et Johanni Fenwick
armigero qui ut adolescentia virtutis decus et literarum lumen accederent
huic scholae benefecerunt Hoc saxum Honoris et gratitudinis ergo Lubenter
poni curavit Parochia de Tunstall 1753.' Gable chimneys. At the right is a
lower addition whose front wall is blank except for a window with glazing
bars and plain reveals, set within a blocked doorway. Its lintel is a
re-used Medieval grave slab, incised with a sword and a cross within a
circle.
Listing NGR: SD6109673740
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