Allithwaite Church Of England Primary School Old School House

LOWER ALLITHWAITE CHURCH ROAD SD 37 NE (West side) Allithwaite 5/66 Allithwaite C of E Primary School and Old School House G.V. II School and house. Probably 1860s, by E.G. Paley. Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs; south facade of house roughcast. School of one storey and 3 bays, the 1st bay recessed and lower, the house of 2 storeys and one bay. South facade has C20 extension to 1st bay; 2nd and 3rd bays have windows of 3 pointed lights and single-chamfered mullions, lateral stack with weathering and round shaft between. Gable end stack to 1st bay, bellcote to 2nd bay gable end; roof ventilator. House has 1st floor sill course. 1:2:1-light canted bay window with hipped stone roof and shouldered lintels; 1st floor has 2-light pointed window with blind tympanum. Lean-to re-entrant porch has 2-light window to return and pointed entrance with hoodmould and head stops. Left return has 3-light plate tracery window with hoodmould and headstops, and small-paned glazing. Right return has window of 2 lights to each floor, wing to rear has rainwater head. 2 cross-axial stacks. North facade has gabled wing to house, which has sashed windows with single glazing bars and flush relieving arches. Narrow bay to right has hipped roof, paired narrow sashes to ground floor and 1st floor casement. School has entrance and windows as to south but retaining original small-paned glazing; long C20 extension to end bay. Rear coped wall to yards to house and school interrupted by outbuilding with single-pitch roof.

Listing NGR: SD3860276803