Witherslack Hall School

Witherslack Hall School
Location Witherslack
Grange-Over-Sands
Cumbria
LA11 6SD
 England
54°16′05″N 2°52′00″W / 54.26814°N 2.86667°W / 54.26814; -2.86667Coordinates: 54°16′05″N 2°52′00″W / 54.26814°N 2.86667°W / 54.26814; -2.86667
DfE URN 112452 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 55
Gender Boys
Ages 12–16

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


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