Description

SEDBERGH

SD6591 STATION ROAD, Sedbergh Town
162-1/20/433 (South side)
14/06/84 Classroom block to east of Powell
Hall at Sedbergh School
(Formerly Listed as:
BUSK LANE
Classroom Block immediately to east
of Powell Hall at Sedbergh School)

GV II

School classroom block. 1879-1889, by Austin & Paley; with C20
addition; slightly altered. Snecked sandstone, graduated green
slate roof. Wide irregular H-plan formed by main range on
east-west axis with short crosswing and porch at west end and
longer crosswing at east end. Tudor style.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic, now 2:2:2 windows (but formerly
2:3:1); with a chamfered plinth, weathered string course,
parapet with ridged coping. The west wing and integral porch
in its re-entrant angle, have 2 unequal gables, that to the
porch set back behind a parapet run out from the gable coping
of the wing: the porch has a shallow full-height canted bay
containing a depressed arched doorway with moulded surround
and Perpendicular-style carved ornament over the head, flanked
by small arched windows (1 and 2 lights to the left, 2 lights
to the right), and a large triple cross-window at 1st floor;
the gable of the wing to the left has a pair of cross-windows
at ground floor, a transomed 6-light window at 1st floor, a
lancet in the gable and ridged coping with kneelers and an
apex finial. The main range has 2 transomed 6-light windows at
ground floor, two 3-light mullioned windows at 1st floor and 3
gabled dormers behind a parapet. In the re-entrant of the east
wing is a 2-storey flat-roofed addition in matching style. The
gable wall of the east wing has a pair of cross-windows at
ground floor, a carved shield above the string course, a
3-stage transomed 9-light window at 1st floor with a
hoodmould, and gable detailing like the west wing. All the
transomed windows have arched upper lights with hollow
spandrels, but all the windows except those in the addition
now have square-headed aluminium-framed double-glazing.
Octagonal ridge chimney offset right.
East and west side walls in similar style, with gables. Rear
has (inter alia) 3 tall 3-stage transomed 9-light windows at
1st floor rising into gables.
INTERIOR: not inspected. Forms group with War Memorial
Cloister (qv) forming a forecourt to the front, and with
Powell Hall to the west (qv).

Listing NGR: SD6552391933

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26664045

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014