Old School, Greenholme | ||
Old School | ||
Greenholme School | ||
locality:- | Greenholme | |
civil parish:- | Orton S (formerly Westmorland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | buildings | |
locality type:- | school (ex) | |
locality type:- | village hall (? now) | |
coordinates:- | NY59720573 | |
1Km square:- | NY5905 | |
10Km square:- | NY50 | |
references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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BTV94.jpg (taken 31.12.2010) BTV95.jpg School bell. (taken 31.12.2010) |
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 28 7) |
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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. "Grammar School (Endowed)" |
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evidence:- | old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) |
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source data:- | Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England,
Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. Page 156:- "..." "... At Greenholm a school was founded by George Gibson, gent. 1733, who died in the same year." |
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evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag |
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source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1823 part 2 p.323 "Rosegill, Oct. 2." "..." "GREENHOLME, in the parish of Orton, founded in 1733, by George Gibson, esq. and endowed by him with 400l. original Bank Stock." |
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evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Old School |
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source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "OLD SCHOOL / / / ORTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74094 / NY5973305726" |
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source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "School; present use uncertain. Probably mid C19 with later additions and alterations. Slobbered rubble, with quoins, on boulder plinth. Graduated slate roof. Single tall storey with lower porch set back, adjoining right-hand return; originally 3 bays, extended 1 bay to left. Plank door and small casement in porch. 3 tall fixed windows with glazing bars; 2nd bay from right is blank (flue rises behind). Small bell in right-hand gable. Stone chimney to left-hand end, stepped stone chimney to eaves." |
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BTV96.jpg Door. (taken 31.12.2010) BTV97.jpg Door handle. (taken 31.12.2010) |
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