 It went out of use in the late 1990s and was subsequently sold for development into a house.Morris & Co.'s Directory of 1874 records a National School for children of both sexes in Preston-on the-Hill, supported by the Bridgewater Navigation Co. A Board School was built in 1877 for 30 children.In 1892 the average attendance was 27, with Miss Stormont as mistress.