Building record MLI126586 - Primary School, Gipsey Bridge

Summary

19th century school buildings consisting of schoolroom and former schoolmaster's house on Leagate Road, Gipsey Bridge.

Type and Period (1)

  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1857 AD to 2050 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

19th century school buildings. One and a half storey red brick schoolroom in English Garden Wall Bond, under a pitched gabled roof of slate. Each gable is parapeted and coped in tile, with corbelling at the gable shoulders. There is a dentil course below the eaves. The street-facing elevation has 4 large window openings interspersed with 3 two-tiered brick buttresses with stone coping. The windows appear to originally have been arched as those on the gable elevations are, but have been partially infilled and are now rectangular with thin concrete lintels above. The gable ends have small lancet windows above 2 eight light segmental arched windows. Each gable also has 2 circular anchor plates either side of the lancets. The former schoolmaster's house was originally an L-shape plan form two storey red brick building, also in English Garden Wall Bond, under a pitched gabled roof of slate. It was constructed in the same style as the schoolroom, with a large projecting stack at the street-facing gable end. The street-facing gable also has a blocked doorway to the right, presumably the original point of access to the house. Modern extensions have been added in buff brick, including a new double-doored entranceway and reception area, which connects the house to a large modern red brick hall or classroom building. {1} White's 1872 Trade Directory states that the school was built as a National School in 1857, along with the schoolhouse. Its construction was funded by government grants and a subscription. {2}

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Website: Google. 2006->. Google Maps and Street View. www.google.co.uk/maps. Accessed 18/07/2023.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1872. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Third Edition). p.367.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TF 28057 49847 (27m by 15m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish LANGRIVILLE, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Jul 19 2023 8:46AM

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