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Grade II

Old Bluecoat School

Bishopgate, Wigan

Listed Date: 24/10/1951
Part of Group: No
At Risk: No
Historic England Ref: 232 (Link)

Description

Church Little House, c.mid C18, later used by a charity school. The Bluecoat school was founded 1773, but the building appears earlier; reference is made in church accounts of 1743 to the 'Church Little House', which is thought to be this building.