Building record MLI126516 - Former School, South Ormsby
Summary
Former Church School on Main Road, South Ormsby.
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Former school. Red brick building in Flemish Bond, under an unusual half-hipped bonnet roof. The gable end has decorative timber frame panelwork and bargeboards. Small gabled entranceway with decorative brick arch and stone door surround. One large ridge stack. Interior main hall is open to the rafters. Exposed roof trusses. Infilled red brick fireplace, over which hangs the school bell.
House to the south is the old schoolmaster’s house (MLI93067). The building is now used as a tea room. {1}{2}
White’s 1856 Trade Directory states that the school was supported by the Massingberd family. {3}
Notice was given in the Grimsby Daily Telegraph in January 1972 that the school was due to be closed. {4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI11533 Website: Google. 2006->. Google Maps and Street View. www.google.co.uk/maps. Accessed 19/06/2023.
- <2> SLI17491 Website: GS Kelsey Construction Ltd. The Old School House, South Ormsby – Restoration and Refurbishment. https://www.gskelsey.co.uk/portfolio/the-old-school-house-south-ormsby-restoration-and-refurbishment/. Accessed 19/06/2023.
- <3> SLI886 Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.730.
- <4> SLI17490 Article in Serial: 1972. 'South Ormsby C.E. (Controlled) School' in the Grimsby Daily Telegraph. 28/01/1972, p4.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 36994 75209 (16m by 15m) Surveyed |
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Civil Parish | SOUTH ORMSBY CUM KETSBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Aug 24 2023 8:51AM
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