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Warwickshire / Re: Ann Charnell - Tamworth Query Re School and home address
« on: Wednesday 03 July 13 02:02 BST (UK) »
Jim
Thanks for the reply.
I have done a bit of web searching based on the information you provided. It would seem that the national school in college lane became known as the St. Editha’s Church Hall. I then found this reference and a picture (attached):
St. Editha’s Church Hall on College Lane (included on the local list) has little obvious physical or visual link to the church. The 1885 map marks it as a Sunday School, with a vicarage behind (now demolished) and at that time, tucked away in a densely packed street frontage on this narrow lane, with views to the church having more coherence and historical context, the building would have been a more significant element. Now, sandwiched between large 1960s structures (except for its neighbour, No. 5 (Aladdin’s)) it is sadly out of context and faces across the lane into a bleak service yard and car park for the Middle Entry and other shopping units. It is, however, an attractive building, erected in 1827 as a National School and used as such for much of the 19th century. It is of two storeys and stuccoed brick and has a five window range. The ground-floor openings have been reduced and the original entrance portico replaced; the building is now in use as the Griddle Café. The adjoining No. 5 is also recommended for inclusion on the local list as the only other surviving 19th-century building on the lane, its two dormers adding much-need visual interest to the street scene.
The picture does have some similarities with the lithograph, same style, same size, same number number of windows on top story, however the door on the ground floor is in a different position altough it does mention above that some re modelling of the entrance has taken place.
Cheers
Shane
Thanks for the reply.
I have done a bit of web searching based on the information you provided. It would seem that the national school in college lane became known as the St. Editha’s Church Hall. I then found this reference and a picture (attached):
St. Editha’s Church Hall on College Lane (included on the local list) has little obvious physical or visual link to the church. The 1885 map marks it as a Sunday School, with a vicarage behind (now demolished) and at that time, tucked away in a densely packed street frontage on this narrow lane, with views to the church having more coherence and historical context, the building would have been a more significant element. Now, sandwiched between large 1960s structures (except for its neighbour, No. 5 (Aladdin’s)) it is sadly out of context and faces across the lane into a bleak service yard and car park for the Middle Entry and other shopping units. It is, however, an attractive building, erected in 1827 as a National School and used as such for much of the 19th century. It is of two storeys and stuccoed brick and has a five window range. The ground-floor openings have been reduced and the original entrance portico replaced; the building is now in use as the Griddle Café. The adjoining No. 5 is also recommended for inclusion on the local list as the only other surviving 19th-century building on the lane, its two dormers adding much-need visual interest to the street scene.
The picture does have some similarities with the lithograph, same style, same size, same number number of windows on top story, however the door on the ground floor is in a different position altough it does mention above that some re modelling of the entrance has taken place.
Cheers
Shane