Windermere House, Lancaster

Windermere House
Windermere House
Windermere House, Lancaster is located in Lancaster city centre
Windermere House, Lancaster
Location in Lancaster
54°02′50″N 2°48′09″W / 54.0471°N 2.8026°W / 54.0471; -2.8026
LocationMiddle Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, England
SD 476 615
History
Built1849–50
Site notes
ArchitectSharpe and Paley
Architectural style
Elizabethan Revival
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated11 June 1990
Reference no.1298364

Windermere House is in Middle Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1] It originated as a school, and has since been converted into flats.

History

This was originally the site of a Bluecoat school built in 1772. In 1849–50 it was rebuilt and enlarged by the local architects Sharpe and Paley.[1][2] It then became known as the Lancaster Charity School for Girls. It was paid for mainly by public subscription, but the Sharpe family contributed £25 (equivalent to £3,000 in 2025)[3] towards it. The school has since been converted into flats and is known as Windermere House.[2]

Architecture

The building is constructed in sandstone with slate roofs. The architectural style is Elizabethan Revival. The plan is rectangular, with a small service wing to the rear. The building is in two storeys, with a front of five slightly irregular bays. Each of the bays contains a gabled dormer. The entrance doorway is in the second bay from the left. Above it is a niche containing the figures of two girls holding an inscription.[1] The windows are mullioned or mullioned and transomed, those in the upper storey having stepped heads.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England, "Windermere House, Lancaster (1298364)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 April 2015
  2. 1 2 Hughes, John M. (2010), Edmund Sharpe: Man of Lancaster, John M. Hughes, p. 237 (Although this is self-published, it is a scholarly work and fully referenced throughout. As of 2011 it is available only as a CD.)
  3. ↑ UK Consumer Price Index inflation figures from 1209–2024 based on data from "Inflation calculator", Bank of England, London, 18 February 2026, retrieved 1 April 2026
  4. ↑ Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 386, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
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