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Latitude: 53.7325 / 53°43'57"N
Longitude: -1.6679 / 1°40'4"W
OS Eastings: 422006
OS Northings: 426289
OS Grid: SE220262
Mapcode National: GBR JTS8.PQ
Mapcode Global: WHC9Q.CF0X
Plus Code: 9C5WP8MJ+2R
Entry Name: Former National School
Listing Date: 13 January 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1184018
English Heritage Legacy ID: 340937
ID on this website: 101184018
Location: Birstall, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, WF17
County: Kirklees
Electoral Ward/Division: Birstall and Birkenshaw
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Batley
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Birstall St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: House
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BATLEY MB
KIRKGATE
BIRSTALL
Former National School
(Formerly listed as Old School House)
II
Former National School, now workshop. Dated 1818. Hammer dressed stone. Stone slate roof with roll top parapets and huge square finials on short square bases. Single storey. Five bays. Central porch with crenellated parapet with two finials as before. Two small lancet lights to each side of central arched doorway, with plaque over which reads:
NATIONAL SCHOOL
ERECTED BY WILLIAM CHARLESWORTH
ANNO. DOM. MDCCCXVIII
To each side are two, very tall and slender chamfered stone mullioned windows, each of three lights.
Five similar windows to rear, the centre one being part obscured by later extension.
Listing NGR: SE2200626289
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