Sedburgh School Cloister

SEDBERGH SCHOOL CLOISTER, YORKSHIRE - Sedbergh School War Memorial includes a terraced quadrangle and a cloister in front of the school, which stands in a superb setting, with " Winder," the landmark of the locality, forming a background. Barnard Castle stone is to be used for the cloister, which is to be vaulted with a series of pendentive domes. The quadrangle is set at an upper level reached from the cloister by a central flight of steps. Tablets of bronze bearing the names of the fallen are to be fixed on the rear wall of the cloister, and the central feature of the composition is a replica of Sir Edwin Lutyens' "Great Stone of Remembrance." The block and general plan with sectional drawings explain the arrangement in our second illustration. The projection of the wings has been reduced, but the main elevation is not altered in any way, but the view in perspective from the right-hand side will embrace to the' full the main arcade, which otherwise would have been cut off. Instead of the two flights of stairs originally proposed, there is now one central internal flight. The simple architectural treatment harmonises with the school and the ruggedness of the surrounding hills. Over the central arch are the arms of the school founder, Roger Lupton (1525), and massive lion heads flank the wing entrances. Except for the bronze tablets and their carved surrounds, this forms the only ornament. Mr J. Hubert Worthington, MA, ARIBA, (of Messrs Thomas Worthington and Sons), Oxford Road, Manchester, is the architect Mr W Walcot's view for the Royal Academy Exhibition this year shows the setting of this memorial.

Architect              Hubert Worthington MA ARIBA Thomas Worthington and Sons