The Old School House North Of Church Of St Peter

SD 48 SE 2/5 HEVERSHAM

Heversham

The Old School House North of Church of St Peter (q.v)

G.V. II

Old School House, now house. Initials and date M.H. 1841 on gable. Rendered walls with limestone dressings; graduated greenslate roof with stone ridge; one end chimney to left, central chimney with round shaft. Gothick style. Irregular plan. 2 storeys with single-storey portion to left. 2 adjacent gables to front. Right hand gabled portion has (overhanging) upper floor resting on massive roughly dressed limestone lintel supported on two weathered limestone piers. 3-light window to ground floor, 4-light window with hood mould above, both with chamfered stone mullions and surrounds and leaded glazing: upper window has central lights set one above the other. Left hand gabled portion narrower: board door in stone surround with 4-centred arched head, small casement over. Single-storey portion to left has 2-light window with stone mullions. See also notes for The Old School (q.v) and Curwen, John F. History of Heversham with Milnthorpe, pub. Titus Wilson, Kendal, 1930, for further details.

Listing NGR: SD4961683461