Building record MLI116452 - Former Schoolhouse, Moor Road, North Owersby

Summary

A former schoolhouse on Moor Road, North Owersby. Now in use as a private residence.

Type and Period (2)

  • (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1866 AD? to 1979 AD)
  • (Late 20th Century to 21st Century - 1979 AD to 2050 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Former school building. One and a half storey T-plan form yellow brick building with white render on most elevations, under a roof of concrete tiles. Parapet gables with moulded concrete or stone shoulders. Dentil course at eaves height. One large lateral stack. Unusual double pitch gable on north elevation including school bell aperture, though the bell itself is no longer extant. {1} The building is present in its current plan form on both the 1887 and 1906 Ordnance Survey maps. {2}{3} White's 1856 Directory of Lincolnshire does not mention a school, but it does make reference to a schoolmaster, a William Hindley, in the parish. {4} An endowed school was founded in North Owersby in 1705 but its site is not known. This school building was constructed in 1866, and was known by several names in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including Owersby Parochial School, North Owersby National School, and by the 1930s as Owersby CE School. In July 1937 senior pupils were transferred to Market Rasen Senior Council School. The school was closed on 18 July 1979, with the children transferred to Osgodby School. {5}

Sources/Archives (5)

  •  Website: Google. 2006->. Google Maps and Street View. www.google.co.uk/maps. Accessed 15/05/2023.
  •  Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883-1888. 6 Inch County Series Map - First Edition. 1:10560. TF 09 SE.
  •  Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. TF 09 SE.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.480.
  •  Unpublished Document: Lincolnshire Archives. Document Held by the Lincolnshire Archives. Ref. SR/818.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 06067 94472 (13m by 17m) Surveyed
Civil Parish OWERSBY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

May 15 2023 3:41PM

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