Building record MLI126563 - Former School, East Keal
Summary
Former school on School Lane, East Keal. Converted for residential use.
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Former school. Single storey red brick building in Flemish Bond, under a pitched gabled roof of tile. The north-western gable and porch gable both have decorative stone finials, string courses below the eaves, and stone corbels on the gable shoulders. A two storey modern extension has been added to the southeastern end of the building. {1}
White's 1856 Trade Directory states that the school was built, along with a house for the teachers (MLI126564), in 1848. {2}
In 1925 the older pupils at the school and their parents went on 'strike', refusing to enter until the plans to convert the school into a junior school were abandoned. By January the next year the strike had ended in failure, and the school re-opened as a junior school. {3}{4}
By 1962 the school was attended by only 21 children and the local Development Plan called for the school to be closed and the remaining pupils to be sent to Toynton All Saints county school, though it appears this scheme was delayed for a couple of years due to insufficient space at Toynton All Saints. {5}{6}
The exact date of closure is unknown.
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SLI17453 Article in Serial: 1962. 'Why More Villages May Soon Lose Their Schools' in the Louth Standard. 13/07/1962, p16.
- <1> SLI11533 Website: Google. 2006->. Google Maps and Street View. www.google.co.uk/maps. Accessed 05/07/2023.
- <2> SLI886 Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.781.
- <3> SLI17523 Article in Serial: 1925. 'Still on Strike - East Keal School Problem Still Unsettled' in the Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian. 24/10/1925, p4.
- <4> SLI17524 Article in Serial: 1926. 'East Keal - School Strike Over' in the Boston Guardan. 09/01/1926, p10.
- <6> SLI17526 Article in Serial: 1962. 'Council's protest over village school closure' in the Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph. 19/12/1962, p6.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 38033 63684 (16m by 18m) Surveyed |
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Civil Parish | EAST KEAL, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Aug 24 2023 9:11AM
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