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| Rigmaden School, Mansergh | ||
| Rigmaden School | ||
| civil parish:- | Mansergh (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | school (once) | |
| coordinates:- | SD60178279 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD6082 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD68 | |
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 BMY79.jpg (taken 10.11.2006)  BMY80.jpg Carved stone:- "1839 Laus Deo" (taken 10.11.2006) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 43 16) placename:- Rigmaden School |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Rigmaden School (Endowd)" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Rigmaden School |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "RIGMADEN SCHOOL AND SCHOOL HOUSE / / CHAPEL LANE / MANSERGH / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75719 / SD6017082789" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Former school and house. Lintel reads: "1839/LAUS DEO". Stone rubble with ashlar dressings and slate roof. T-plan, single storey, the house with attic in north wing. Rusticated quoins and decorative bargeboards. South wing of 3 bays with gabled porch to south return. Windows in ashlar surrounds have casements. Entrance has decorated lintel with date under label mould, with panelled door. Panel reading: "RIGMADEN SCHOOL" between 2nd and 3rd bays has crest above. Cross-axial stack with diagonal shafts. West wing has casement window and gabled dormer to south; window with small-paned fixed glazing under drips tone to west; entrance with plank door to north. North wing has sashed window; gabled dormer and small triangular-headed light. Gabled porch has finial and label mould to entrance with 9-panel door, 3 glazed. Gable-end stack. East elevation has attached outbuilding entrance under canopy to south end, dormer window to north end. Area to south-west has plain iron railings on stone base and squeeze stile." |
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 BMY81.jpg Carved stone, crest and:- "RIGMADEN SCHOOL" (taken 10.11.2006) |
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