Description

NY 2548 WIGTON LONGMOOR LANE
(North side) Wigton

14/79 Library block, Nelson
Thomlinson School
1/4/67
II

Grammar School now library block of comprehensive school. Dated and inscribed
over entrance NELSON SCHOOL WIGTON FOUNDED AD 1896 with coat of arms; probably
by C.J. Ferguson. Red sandstone ashlar. Steeply pitched graduated greenslate
roof with coped gables and square stone chimney stack; square wooden cupola with
pointed spire and lucarnes. Large 2-storey building in U-shape. Off-centre
large canted bay stone-mullioned window, with leaded panes, projects above eaves
with shaped parapet. Entrance to left has stone architrave. Further large
stone-mullioned windows with leaded panes. Projecting 2-storey gabled extension
to left has similar windows. Lower gabled extension to right has porch with
inscription and date. Further contemporary gabled extensions to right have
stone-mullioned windows. C20 extensions are of no interest.

Listing NGR: NY2584348027

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26577640

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)