Building record MDO21797 - Old Schoolhouse, Lower Sea Lane, Charmouth
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Summary
Former primary school built in 1871 on the site of an earlier church and National School. The building is in a Victorian Tudor Style. It was converted to private houses after the school moved to a new site in 1992.
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A church school was founded in Charmouth some time before 1834, probably in Lower Sea Lane. It had become a National School by 1842 and a Board School in 1877. A new school building was constructed in 1871 and a new class room built in 1881 and the school was enlarged in 1891. Two cloakrooms were added and the infants room enlarged in 1904. A playground behind the school buildings was opened in 1926 when land belonging to the church was sold. (1)
The Old Schoolhouse is a good, unspoilt example of Victorian planning, with a two storey house at right-angles and attached to a single storey school room block and with an entrance porch in the angle between the two elements. (2)
The school was made redundant in 1992, when a new school was opened on a different site. It was converted into private houses. It is built of Greensand chert with a decorative fish-scale ceramic tiled roof.
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SDO11330 Unpublished document: Pavey, R W J. 1969. A few notes on the eastern portion of Charmouth including The Lower Sea Lane and The Higher Sea Lane and some of the people who have lived there.
- <2> SDO11331 Unpublished document: West Dorset District Council. 2009. Charmouth, Chideock & Seatown Conservation Area Appraisal.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 36547 93526 (18m by 25m) |
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| Map sheet | SY39SE |
| Civil Parish | Charmouth; Dorset |
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Record last edited
Oct 19 2021 6:45PM