Abbeystead - Cawthorne's Endowed School 200319
GV II School, late C19, possibly by Douglas. Sandstone rubble with slate roof. Single storey. South side has two projections, the right-hand one gabled, the left-hand one smaller and with a hipped roof. Windows have lights with elliptical heads. To the right of the right-hand projection is one of eight lights, with mullions and transom. To the left there is a similar window. Its front wall has two two-light mullioned windows. The left-hand projection has a two-light mullioned window. There is a door with chamfered surround in its right-hand return wall. The right-hand projection has similar doorways in both return walls. The main building has a stone bellcote on its right-hand gable and a chimney with twin octagonal shafts on its left-hand one. The left-hand (west) gable wall has a stepped eight-light mullioned and transomed window with pointed heads to the upper lights.
Despite living in the City of London, in the will of William Cawthorne dated 22 September 1683, he stated that because of his love of religion and learning he had erected a school in Wyresdale where he was born.
Abbeystead - Cawthorne's Endowed School 200319
GV II School, late C19, possibly by Douglas. Sandstone rubble with slate roof. Single storey. South side has two projections, the right-hand one gabled, the left-hand one smaller and with a hipped roof. Windows have lights with elliptical heads. To the right of the right-hand projection is one of eight lights, with mullions and transom. To the left there is a similar window. Its front wall has two two-light mullioned windows. The left-hand projection has a two-light mullioned window. There is a door with chamfered surround in its right-hand return wall. The right-hand projection has similar doorways in both return walls. The main building has a stone bellcote on its right-hand gable and a chimney with twin octagonal shafts on its left-hand one. The left-hand (west) gable wall has a stepped eight-light mullioned and transomed window with pointed heads to the upper lights.
Despite living in the City of London, in the will of William Cawthorne dated 22 September 1683, he stated that because of his love of religion and learning he had erected a school in Wyresdale where he was born.