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| school, Kendal (3) | ||
| Kendal Boys' National School | ||
| Street:- | Beast Banks | |
| locality:- | Kendal | |
| civil parish:- | Kendal (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | school (once) | |
| coordinates:- | SD51329252 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5192 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
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 BRZ13.jpg (taken 19.1.2010)  BRZ14.jpg Plaque:- "NATIONAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS / Built by public Subscription and munificently endowed / By Matthew Pyper of Whitehaven, Esquire. / A.D. 1818 / ..." (taken 19.1.2010) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 8) placename:- National 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. |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Central Primary School |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL OPPOSITE NUMBER 23 / / BEAST BANKS / KENDAL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75351 / SD5133992521" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "School. Dated 1818, with inscription, on slate tablet over porch: NATIONAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS. Built by public subscription and munificently endowed by Matthew Pyper, of Whitehaven, Esquire. Later additions and alterations. Coursed, squared rubble, with quoins, on plinth. Graduated slate roof with projecting eaves; stone chimney to south end. Single, tall, storey; 12 bays Entrance in gabled porch to south gable end: Plank double door in elliptical-headed surround with impost band; semicircular- headed window in recessed surround to either side. Windows to east and west elevations all tall, with glazing bars; most segment-headed. All glazing C20 replacement." |
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