The Old Grammar School - Kirkland, Kendal, Cumbria - Former Schools on Waymarking.com

The school was built in 1588 and was for boys only. The school was known as Kendal Grammar School and dates back to 1525, when it was founded as the Kendal "Free Schole". The school was located adjacent to the Parish Church from 1588–1889. In 1889, the School moved into a new building which is now the Kirkbie Kendal school's main block. Kendal High School for Girls opened in 1890. In 1980, the two schools merged to form Kirkbie Kendal School. from wikipedia

"The free grammar school was founded and endowed with houses and land in Kendal, by Adam Pennington, of Boston in Lincolnshire, in 1525: the site was given, in 1588, by Miles Phillipson, and the school-room was rebuilt in 1592: it has been successively endowed by Edward VI., Queens Mary and Elizabeth, the last of whom transferred to it the revenues of two dissolved chantries; the whole endowment producing about £37 per annum: the nomination of the master and the usher is vested in the mayor and aldermen. The school has three exhibitions of £5 each to Queen's College, Oxford, payable out of the tithes of the parish of Farlton, by a bequest from Henry Wilson, in 1638; another exhibition of £8 to the same college, paid by the Chamber of Kendal, the exhibitioner being appointed by the corporation, and receiving the stipend for four years; one of £5 per annum for four years, to any college in Oxford, the bequest of Mr. Alderman Park, in 1631, the candidate to be of the parishes of Kendal, Millom, or Heversham; also twenty shillings per annum, the gift of Mr. Joseph Smith, and forty shillings per annum, the gift of Mr. Jobson, for two exhibitioners to Queeun's College, Oxford. The system of education in this school, which is open to boys of the parish indefinitely, is strictly classical. Ephraim Chambers, the writer of the Cyclopedia; Dr. Edmund Law, Bishop of Carlisle; and Dr. Shaw, the celebrated traveller, were educated here." from Kendal in Westmorland County England History and Geography (visit link)

The above would suggest that Adam Pennington gave land and rental properties to generate funds to employ a schoolmaster in 1525. Later Miles Phillipson gave land on which a school room was built in 1588. Rebuilt in 1592. Various bequests stipulated conditions on the pupils and their entrance in to colleges of Oxford. School masters were appointed by the mayor and aldermen. The boys were taught in a "strictly classical" way.

Not sure of current use. Not residential, could be storage for nearby Abbot Hall Art Gallery as garden unkempt and small tree in the garden.

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Address: 9 Church Walk Kirkland Kendal, Cumbria England LA9 5AG Web Site: [Web Link]

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