The Schoolhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. School.
The Schoolhouse
- WRENN ID
- former-bracket-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- School
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NU 2406 WARKWORTH THE BUTTS (East side)
21/254 The Schoolhouse (formerly listed 10.1.53 as The Borough School) GV II
Former Borough School, dated 1736. Squared stone with cut dressings; rear elevation concrete-faced and rendered. Pantile roof with stone slates to eaves at rear; Welsh slates on porch; brick stacks. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Centre top-glazed 5-panel door; sunk lintel panel with worn inscription (now largely illegible) 'This house was built by George Lawson of Gloster Hill who gave it to the town for a school-house, 1736'. 2-light mullioned window above, holding 6-pane casements. End bays have 12-pane Yorkshire sashes. All openings in chamfered block surrounds. Raised reverse-stepped gable copings; banded right end stack, rebuilt left end stack. Small porch at left end with renewed door. Left return shows C20 casements in old openings on ground and 1st floors.
Historical Note: The building served as the Borough School until c.1890; in the early C20 it served as a village meeting room.
Listing NGR: NU2489506146
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