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Dist:0.2km<br/>On the A67, the school was built by the Catholic Church in about 1900 as an orphanage for 300 boys. Currently unoccupied.
©Hugh Mortimer
Dist:0.3km<br/>Viewed from near the end of Boat Lane. This former school has stood empty for several years, and for lack of development planning permission is now in a derelict state.
©Stanley Howe
Dist:0.3km<br/>Built in 1900 as an orphanage by the Catholic church. After the second world war it became an approved school finally closing in 1984. Apart from a brief period as a nursing home it has remained empty ever since. The window panes are painted on boarding to resemble real windows.
©Mick Garratt
Dist:0.3km<br/>East Side of village, Lord Nelson Pub centre of picture.
©Hugh Mortimer
Dist:0.3km<br/>This was St. Peter's, originally a Catholic Poor Law School opened at the turn of the last century. It has also been a corrective school and a nursing home in its varied history. It has been empty for some years now - even the windows are boarded up and painted to give realism. Plans are now afoot to convert the premises into some sort of local housing.
©Chris Heaton
Dist:0.3km<br/>Built in 1900 as an orphanage by the Catholic church. After the second world war it became an approved school finally closing in 1984. Apart from a brief period as a nursing home it has remained empty ever since. The window panes are painted on boarding to resemble real windows.
©Mick Garratt
Dist:0.3km<br/>The building was an orphanage in the 1930's
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.3km<br/>But any intended symbolism has been lost by the 'painting out' of any motto, leaving only three fishes and two roses recognisable to the uninitiated. Can anyone please re-interpret?
©Stanley Howe
Dist:0.3km<br/>In the direction of Darlington.
©Stanley Howe
Dist:0.3km<br/>And the blackboard which caused us to make a u-turn and stay for lunch
©Elliott Simpson
Dist:0.3km<br/>Viewed from Low Fields track; off Boat Lane.
©Stanley Howe
Dist:0.3km<br/>A haven for the local hedgehogs.
©Stanley Howe
Dist:0.4km<br/>At the east end of Gainford village.
©Stanley Howe
Dist:0.4km<br/>A cul-de-sac in Gainford.
©Stanley Howe
Dist:0.4km<br/>Parked by Gainford village Low Green.
©Stanley Howe

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