School And School House

SE 37 NE BALDERSBY WIDE HOWE LANE (south side) Baldersby St James 3/29 School and School 26.5.71 House -

GV II*

School and house. 1854. By William Butterfield for Viscount Downe of Baldersby Park. Snecked stone with ashlar bands and window surrounds. Westmorland slate roof to school, tiles on house, stone stacks. School: L-shaped 2-room plan with school house attached to right. High Victorian style, one and a half storeys, irregular fenestration. Central panelled door under timber-framed gabled porch with lean-to roof on each side. Main hall lit by two 2-light Geometric windows in left gable. Stack straddling roof has flues in the form of truncated pyramids. School house: I and one and a half storeys, 5 bays. Central door under wooden porch with barge boards. Flanking windows are 3-light mullions with wooden sashes. Two 2-light mullion windows under half- hipped dormers above. Roof: hipped to right; shield of Downe family in recess to left gable. Single-storey bay to left has a hipped roof. Stack at left gable end has flues in the form of truncated pyramids. Interior: original wooden staircase with open wooden screen at the foot. Large linen cupboard on landing.

Listing NGR: SE3658676883