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| Lazonby CofE School, Lazonby | ||
| Lazonby CofE School | ||
| locality:- | Lazonby | |
| civil parish:- | Lazonby (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | school | |
| coordinates:- | NY55083981 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5539 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY53 | |
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 BSC26.jpg (taken 5.2.2010)  BSC27.jpg School sign. (taken 5.2.2010) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "LAZONBY CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL AND SCHOOL HOUSE / / / LAZONBY / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74320 / NY5509239817" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "School and School House. C19. Coursed mixed red and calciferous sandstone,with flush red sandstone quoins, on chamfered plinth. Graduated greenslate roof with Dutch gables and tall banded ashlar chimney stacks. 4 separate parts all of the same period and linked together comprising: at left School House 2 storeys, 3 bays; central square 3-storey bell tower/porch with classroom behind; right single-storey, 4-bay classroom/hall and further right lower double-span wing. House has projecting Dutch gable with mullioned and transomed windows. Lower integral 2-storey porch has side doorway and front sash windows in plain reveals. Left return wall has Dutch gable. Tower has round-arched porch and twin round-arched bell openings under pyramidal roof. Classroom behind has mullioned-and-transomed windows and Dutch gables. Classroom/hall has cross-mullioned windows and projecting central chimney breast. Dutch gables. Wing has round-arched doorway and C20 casements in stone surrounds." |
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| hearsay:- |
An early schoolhouse, with a forestair is next to the methodist chapel. This is now
the home of Croglin Toys. |
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| A new school was built and endowed, with a school master's house and a caretaker's
cottage, by the McLean Family, Lazonby Hall, 19th century perhaps 1840s. |
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