Description

NY 13 NW PLUMBLAND PARSONBY

12/85 Plumbland Church of
England School

II

Grammar School now village school. 1799 with C19 extensions. Cement rendered
walls, with red sandstone angle pilasters, under graduated greenslate roof with
coped gables and kneelers; brick chimney stacks. Single storey, roughly
cross-shaped with 3-storey clock-tower porch. Plank door in red sandstone
surround in side wall of tower. Louvred vent openings and clock faces with
Roman numerals on 2 sides; angle finials. Casement windows, some double, all in
red sandstone surrounds. Greek inscription on north gable roundel and west open
stone bellcote. Parson & White's Directory 1829; p.348 states,"the school was
built in 1799 and contains two rooms, each 42 feet by 24; one of them being for
the classics and the other for English, writing, arithmetic, etc. It is open to
all boys and girls living in the parish free of expense, subject to several
regulations.....".

Listing NGR: NY1454238995

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26511803

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