Building record MLI126733 - Former School, Heydour
Summary
Former school on Church Lees, Heydour. Converted for residential use.
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Former school and possible schoolmaster's house. One and a half/two storey building of stone, under a pitched gabled slate roof. C-shape plan with an open central courtyard facing east. Possible modern extension and alteration. The school was closed in the late 1970s or early 1980s and was sold as a residential property. {1}{2}{3}
White's 1856 Trade Directory states that the parish had an 'ancient school… rebuilt in 1835' though it is unclear how much of the 1835 building survives, or whether it was on the same site as this building. {4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI11533 Website: Google. 2006->. Google Maps and Street View. www.google.co.uk/maps. Accessed 23/08/2023.
- <2> SLI17602 Article in Serial: 1983. 'The Old School, Heydour' in the Grantham Journal. 27/05/1983, p17.
- <3> SLI3566 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. TF 03 NW.
- <4> SLI886 Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.543.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 01016 39626 (17m by 33m) Surveyed |
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Civil Parish | HEYDOUR, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Aug 23 2023 2:13PM
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