Description

SD 53SE SAMLESBURY POTTER LANE

1/94 Samlesbury Church of England
- Primary School, and railings
to the front.

GV II

School, dated 1836. Stone, slate roof with octagonal chimney at left
gable. Rectangular single pile plan. One storey; central gabled porch
has finials on the kneelers and the apex, doors in each side wall with
hoodmoulds, and tablets above with incised cursive lettering "Boys"
(left), "Girls" (right); a 2-light mullion window with hoodmould in the
front wall, and above it a stone tablet inscribed:

"THIS SCHOOL/Was erected by Subsc=/
ription with aid from/the National
Society/for instruction accor=/ding
- to the principles/of the Church of/
England as now by Law Established/
Anno Domini/1836"

Two windows each side of porch, and one in each gable, all square with
hoodmoulds, now containing modern top hung casements. Iron railings.
parallel to front each side of porch, with spearhead tops and some urn
finials. Good example of small National School.

Listing NGR: SD5895630379

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26505973

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Recommended Books

• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)