Lime House School

Lime House School, originally called Holme Hill, is a private school housed in a building that dates back to the early 19th century. It features a stable arch that is dated and inscribed with "1887 L.C.S." and includes the Salkeld coat of arms, while also incorporating elements from the 17th and 18th centuries. The structure is made of calciferous sandstone ashlar with V-jointed quoins on a chamfered plinth, and it has rendered wings and graduated greenslate roofs with ashlar chimney stacks.

The entrance facade is three storeys high and consists of seven bays, flanked by low two-storey, L-shaped six-bay wings, creating an overall U-shape. To the right is the stable arch. The central bay projects and features a shaped cornice that encloses the Salkeld coat of arms. There is a six-panel door set in a stone architrave, leading to a stone porch supported by reeded pilasters and topped with a decorated parapet. The facade includes single-pane sash windows in eared architraves, with the second floor featuring pedimented cornices. The attic is pilastered and has a balustraded parapet.

The wings have two-pane sash windows closest to the house in stone architraves, while at right angles, there are ground floor Venetian windows with Diocletian windows above. The entrance at the extreme left features a reused early 18th-century Ionic porch with a moulded entablature, modillioned cornice, and pediment that encloses the Holme coat of arms. The stable arch to the right is included for group value, but the former stables are not of interest.

The garden facades consist of seven bays and include a three-storey single-bay tower to the right, with single-pane sash windows featuring glazing bars on the upper floor. The balustraded parapet incorporates the Salkeld coat of arms, and there is a T.S. cypher over the garden entrance. Adjoining buildings to the right of the tower are not of interest. Two fireplaces dated 1638 indicate that the core of the building may predate the 19th-century facade. Historically, this site was the seat of the Holme family from the medieval period, originally known as The Hill, and it passed to George Holme Sumner in 1794 before being sold to Colonel Thomas Salkeld in 1810. The building remained in the Salkeld family until the 20th century. The school takes its name from its original location at Lime House in Wetheral.