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Dent Grammar School, Dent
Dent Grammer School
locality:-   Dent
civil parish:-   Dent (formerly Yorkshire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   school (ex) 
coordinates:-   SD70528707
1Km square:-   SD7087
10Km square:-   SD78


photograph
BJW21.jpg  Founded 1604; closed 1897. It is converted to two flats, the income from which supports educational grants.
(taken 23.9.2005)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Old Grammar School
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN CHURCHYARD OF CHURCH OF ST ANDREW / / MAIN STREET / DENT / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 484412 / SD7051487069"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Grammar school, now dwelling. Probably early C18; altered C20. Roughly coursed sandstone rubble, stone slate roof. Rectangular plan on east-west axis. 2 storeys, with four rectangular 2-light windows on each floor of the south side, all with chamfered jambs and flat-faced mullions. Gable copings with small kneelers; small chimney at east gable. The north side has a mullion-and-transom stair-window at the west end, and 3 windows on each floor like those on the south side. The west gable wall has a tall arched doorway; the east gable wall has a blocked cross-window at ground floor level."
"INTERIOR: altered."
"HISTORICAL NOTE: founded by James I. Forms group with Church of St Andrew (qv)."

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