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Coordinates: 54°16′05″N 2°52′00″W / 54.26814°N 2.86667°W / 54.26814; -2.86667
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Witherslack Hall School
Address
Map
Witherslack

Grange-Over-Sands
,
Cumbria
,
LA11 6SD

Coordinates54°16′05″N 2°52′00″W / 54.26814°N 2.86667°W / 54.26814; -2.86667
Information
Department for Education URN112452 Tables
OfstedReports
GenderBoys
Age12 to 16
Enrollment55

Witherslack Hall School was situated in the village of Witherslack near Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England. It was as an independent, residential school in the 1970s and 1980s taking in boys aged 12 to 16 who had been the subject of care orders from local authorities.

Witherslack Hall

The school's central building, Witherslack Hall, was built in 1874 by Lancaster architects Paley and Austin and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1] It gave its name to a steam locomotive in the GWR Modified Hall Class, 6990 Witherslack Hall.

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References

  1. ^ Historic England, "Witherslack Hall and attached outbuilding (1087135)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 November 2012{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)