Description

STANWIX RURAL LOW CROSBY
NY 45 NW

5/83 Crosby on Eden School

II

School. Dated 1844. Dressed red sandstone, slate roof. Single storey, 2
bays. Projecting gabled porch with shaped entrance arch and hood moulds.
Inscribed panel over entrance NATIONAL SCHOOL with date and wall clock above:
surmounted by corbelled stone bellcote. Chamfered surrounds to windows with
hood moulds and diamond-panel cast-iron casements. Modillions to gutter, hipped
roof. Sides and rear altered with C20 windows and additions, but facade as
built. Cost £350 raised by subscription aided by a grant from the National
Society. See, Mannix & Whellan's, Directory of Cumberland, 1847, p,188.

Listing NGR: NY4477259595

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26620076

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