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as a school for children with special needs. The school closed in 1987, and the building has since been converted into residential accommodation. The house was designed and turned into apartments and a separate family living space by graphic and interior designer Malcolme Frank Thorburn.
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The gatehouse, sited at the entrance to the drive to the former house, is also listed at Grade II. It was also designed by Paley and Austin, and is constructed in sandstone with green slate roofs. The house is in one storey with attics, and has an L-shaped plan.
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roofs. The main part of the house is in two wings at right-angles to each other, forming an L-shaped plan. The wings are in two storeys plus attics, and both have five
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bearing the inscription BE JUST AND FEAR NOT. The ground floor rooms contain elaborate decorative plasterwork. The architectural style of the house is
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Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012),
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rising to a higher level. On each side of the tower are two
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List of non-ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin
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Sedgwick
Cumbria
54°16′35″N 2°45′14″W / 54.2765°N 2.7538°W / 54.2765; -2.7538
Paley and Austin
Gothic Revival
Listed Building
Sedgwick House, Cumbria is located in Cumbria
Sedgwick
Cumbria
country house
National Heritage List for England
listed building
historic county
Westmorland
Lancaster
Paley and Austin
William Henry Wakefield
Lancashire County Council
sandstone
ashlar
granite
slate
bays
battlemented
turret
dormers
porte-cochère
canted
bow windows

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