National School For Infants And Girls

The National School for Infants and Girls is a school building, now functioning as a public hall, constructed around 1837. It is made of ashlar stone and features a Westmorland slate roof. The building is two storeys high and has a symmetrical facade with two groups of five bays. The east front includes board doors with shouldered wedge lintels at each end, and five large 30-pane sash windows between them, with smaller 4-pane sashes located above. A moulded sill band runs along the first floor, which is supported by paired gutter brackets, and the roof is hipped. The rear and left side of the building have similar window arrangements. There is also a two-storey extension at the rear that features cross-windows. It is believed that the first floor was possibly added around 1850. The National School for girls moved into this building from a room next to the vicarage by 1837, occupying the northern two bays, while the three southern bays were used for infants in 1851.