Newlands Church and Former School
NEWLANDS CHURCH AND FORMER SCHOOL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1144570
- Date first listed:
- 03-Mar-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Newlands Church and Former School
- Statutory Address:
- NEWLANDS CHURCH AND FORMER SCHOOL
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- Date:
- 2002-10-07
- Reference:
- IOE01/09108/01
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1144570
- Date first listed:
- 03-Mar-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 08-Aug-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Newlands Church and Former School
- Statutory Address 1:
- NEWLANDS CHURCH AND FORMER SCHOOL
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- NEWLANDS CHURCH AND FORMER SCHOOL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Above Derwent
- National Park:
- Lake District
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 22990 19366
Details
NY 21 NW ABOVE DERWENT
15/2 Newlands Church and
former School
3.3.67 (formerly listed
separately)
II
Parish church and former school, now meeting room. Church rebuilt in 1843 on
earlier site; school dated 1877. Painted roughcast walls under graduated
greenslate roof. 3-bay nave/chancel with south stone porch and west twin
bellcote. Single-storey 2-bay former school adjoins west end. Nave has gabled
porch and tall round-headed windows. School has casement windows in plain
reveals. Rear extension has casement windows with glazing bars and rounded bars
in heads. School has wall plaque inscribed NEWLANDS SCHOOL BUILT BY THE
PARISHIONERS 1877, CLOSED 1967 THIS STONE WAS PLACED HERE IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
DOROTHEA POTTS HEADMISTRESS 1943-1963. Interior of church has gallery over
vestibule and vestry, giving access to both school and church. Royal Arms of
George II dated 1737. C17 pulpit and lecturn. Wainscoating is of reused C17
panelling. Stained glass window as First World War memorial. Late C19
furnishings and fittings.
Listing NGR: NY2299019366
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 21 August 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 72086
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 21 August 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/66956
War Memorials Online, accessed 21 August 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/167995
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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