Building record MLI126670 - Former Girls' National School, West Street, Alford.
Summary
Former Girls' National School on West Street, Alford, later used as a Roman Catholic church.
Type and Period (2)
- SCHOOL (Post Medieval to Edwardian - 1851 AD to 1910 AD?)
- ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH (Edwardian to Mid 20th Century - 1910 AD? to 1950 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Former Girls' National School building. One and a half storey rendered brick building in English Garden Wall Bond, under a pitched gabled slate roof.Two lateral stacks. Single pitch catslide roofed porch. Dentil course below eaves interrupted by porch which appears to have been enlarged between 1887 and 1905. {1}{2}{3}
White's 1856 Trade Directory states that the school was built in 1851 at a cost of £200. In 1856 it was attended by 40 girls. By 1872 it was attended by 150 pupils. It was enlarged in 1866. At some point the school was closed, and the building was for a while reused as a Roman Catholic church. {4}{5}{6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI11533 Website: Google. 2006->. Google Maps and Street View. www.google.co.uk/maps. Accessed 08/08/2023.
- <2> SLI10020 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1888-1891. 25 Inch County Series Map - First Edition. 1:2500. TF 47 NE.
- <3> SLI3566 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. TF 47 NE.
- <4> SLI886 Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.494.
- <5> SLI887 Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1872. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Third Edition). p.249.
- <6> SLI17566 Bibliographic Reference: S.M. Cooke and P.E. Crome. 1990. Alford 2. p.32.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 45143 75835 (16m by 18m) Surveyed |
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Civil Parish | ALFORD, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Aug 8 2023 3:45PM
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