Sedburgh School

SEDBURGH SCHOOL. The ancient Grammar School of Sedbergh has, like many others in the country, lately come under the Endowed School Commissioners. A new " scheme " has been drawn up, and under the guidance of a large and influential board of governors, new life is being infused into the old school. A head‑master's boarding‑house for 40 boys was completed last autumn, and a second boarding‑house for the same number of boys will be finished next autumn. The illustration gives a view of the proposed "central block," containing various class‑rooms, physical science rooms and laboratory, drawing‑room, governor's and master's rooms, large hall for assembly, chapel, etc, and, when completed, will form a conspicuous group of buildings occupying a commanding site to the west of the town. At present only the group of classrooms are being built. The stone for the buildings is procured from quarries near Shap. The roofs are covered with green Westmorland slates. Messrs Paley and Austin, of Lancaster, are the architects. [Building News 31 January 1879 page 118].

Reference           Building News 31 January 1879 page 118 and illustration