School House Red Hills Road, Arnside

First among our illustrations of domestic architecture on this occasion is a view of a school-house at Arnside in Westmorland, which is now in course of being erected from the designs of Mr. P. Morley Horder, F.R.I.B.A., on a very fine site facing the sea at that place, and is intended for the occupation of the principals of a well-known girls’ school, while also providing accommodation for a certain number of resident pupils. The place is arranged so that the school premises are kept more or less separate from the portion intended for the more private occupation of the principals, and has two separate entries for this purpose. The limestone used in the walls has been quarried on the site, the excavated portion of which has been used to provide large cellar accommodation under the school and kitchen wing. The dressings to the windows are in local stone and the chimneys are built in circular forms characteristic of Westmorland work. For the roof, Westmorland grey-green slates have been used, and the walls are finished with a rough mortar dash. The ground slopes rapidly down to the shore, and it is only proposed to lay out the grounds in the immediate vicinity of the house with a rough rubble terrace to give a setting to the buildings. [Studio International 1912 page 130]

aka Oakfield Lodge 55 Red Hills Road. YHA hostel now closed.

Reference    Studio International 1912 page 130- Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture