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National School for Infants and Girls

A Grade II Listed Building in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.0076 / 54°0'27"N

Longitude: -1.4684 / 1°28'6"W

OS Eastings: 434937

OS Northings: 456973

OS Grid: SE349569

Mapcode National: GBR LQ53.W4

Mapcode Global: WHD9L.DJZK

Plus Code: 9C6W2G5J+2J

Entry Name: National School for Infants and Girls

Listing Date: 12 December 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1190079

English Heritage Legacy ID: 330754

ID on this website: 101190079

Location: Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5

County: North Yorkshire

District: Harrogate

Town: Harrogate

Civil Parish: Knaresborough

Built-Up Area: Knaresborough

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Knaresborough

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description


SE 3456 KNARESBOROUGH CASTLE YARD
(north side)

8/90 National School for
Infants and Girls

GV II

School, now public hall. c1837. Ashlar, Westmorland slate roof. 2
storeys, 2 x 5 bays. East front: board doors with shouldered wedge lintels
to ends. Five large 30-pane sashes between them, with 4-pane sashes above.
Moulded sill band to first floor, paired gutter brackets, hipped. roof.
Similar fenestration to rear and left return. 2-storey extension to rear
with cross-windows. The first floor was possibly added c1850. The National
School girls were moved into this building from a room adjoining the
vicarage by 1837. They occupied the northern 2 bays in 1851, the 3 southern
bays being occupied by infants. B Jennings, Harrogate and Knaresborough,
1970, p 380. Ordnance Survey, Knaresborough map, Scale 5 feet to 1 mile,
1851.


Listing NGR: SE3493756973

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