List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: SEDGWICK HOUSE SCHOOL
List entry Number: 1336058
Location
SEDGWICK HOUSE SCHOOL
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Cumbria | South Lakeland | District Authority | Sedgwick |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 19-Jul-1984
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 76463
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
SD 58 NW SEDGWICK Sedgwick
2/25 Sedgwick House
School
II
House; now school, dated 1868, by Paley and Austin for William Henry Wakefield.
Coursed tooled sandstone, ashlar and granite dressings. Graduated greenslate
roof; chimneys with conjoined octagonal corniced shafts. 2 storeys plus attics.
5 bays each to entrance front and garden front at right angles. Entrance front
has projecting central 4-storey battlemented tower flanked by a dormers with
stone turret. Porte-cochere in front with W (for Wakefield) on parapet. At
left: single-storey extension with raised, glazed attic; clock tower on service
wing to rear. garden front has outer projecting gabled bays with 2-storey canted
bay windows. Ground floor windows have traceried heads and hood moulds with
patterned stops, some with polished granite baluster mullions. Upper windows
2-or 5-light sashes with stone mullions and 2-centred heads to lights. 1st
floor window to tower has Wakefield Coat of Arms above transom, 2nd floor windows
Decorated style tracery. Interior has full height Hall with hammer beam roofs,
staircase with opening string, decorative balusters and moulded handrail. Elaborate
plaster ceilings, fireplaces, panelled doors, moulded skirtings, architraves
and dado panelling throughout ground floor.
Listing NGR: SD5101187012
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National Grid Reference: SD 51011 87012
Map
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