Stuart0742 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Posts about these schools are cropping up in various topics, as VOX suggests "Is it time to record these before they disappear" This text is taken from another topic which quickly went off at a tangent http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/i...ost&p=43611 Extract : Sheffield has one of the best surviving collections of early board schools in England, unparalleled outside London. Following the 1870 Education Act, Sheffield’s newly elected School Board vigorously set about constructing new schools, completing 39 before its demise in 1903. Charles J. Innocent (1839-1901) was appointed architect to the Board and he, together with his partner, Thomas Brown (c. 1845-81) were responsible for 19 of the 22 schools built between 1873-1881. The first of them and, it was claimed by the architects, the first commenced under the 1870 Act, was Newhall School, Sanderson Street. By 1877, attendance at the new schools had reached 31,000. When invited to open Park School in 1875, the Liberal MP David Chadwick remarked "How in the name of fortune the School Board have persuaded the ratepayers of Sheffield to tolerate their extravagance in spending £100,000 in the building of 14 or 15 schools as substantial as so many castles!". Newhall School, Sanderson Street (earliest) Fulwood (1878) Langsett Road (1879) Woodside, Rutland Road (1880) Burgoyne Road (1881) Duchess Road (1883) Huntsmans Gardens (1884) Sharrow Lane (1887) Abbeydale (1890) Gleadless Road, Heeley (1892) and Hunters Bar, Sharrow Vale Road (1893). http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/citie...rd-schools.html http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/citie...and-design.html So 1st lets make a definitive list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 Posts about these schools are cropping up in various topics, as VOX suggests "Is it time to record these before they disappear" This text is taken from another topic which quickly went off at a tangent http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/i...ost&p=43611 Extract : Sheffield has one of the best surviving collections of early board schools in England, unparalleled outside London. Following the 1870 Education Act, Sheffield’s newly elected School Board vigorously set about constructing new schools, completing 39 before its demise in 1903. Charles J. Innocent (1839-1901) was appointed architect to the Board and he, together with his partner, Thomas Brown (c. 1845-81) were responsible for 19 of the 22 schools built between 1873-1881. The first of them and, it was claimed by the architects, the first commenced under the 1870 Act, was Newhall School, Sanderson Street. By 1877, attendance at the new schools had reached 31,000. When invited to open Park School in 1875, the Liberal MP David Chadwick remarked "How in the name of fortune the School Board have persuaded the ratepayers of Sheffield to tolerate their extravagance in spending £100,000 in the building of 14 or 15 schools as substantial as so many castles!". Newhall School, Sanderson Street (earliest) Fulwood (1878) Langsett Road (1879) Woodside, Rutland Road (1880) Burgoyne Road (1881) Duchess Road (1883) Huntsmans Gardens (1884) Sharrow Lane (1887) Abbeydale (1890) Gleadless Road, Heeley (1892) and Hunters Bar, Sharrow Vale Road (1893). http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/citie...rd-schools.html http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/citie...and-design.html So 1st lets make a definitive list Extra to these are Manor Lane 1876 Springfield 1875 Netherthorpe 187* There must be more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 Netherthorpe School Netherthorpe St The usual Stonework, unfortunately damaged I would say it is 1873 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 Netherthorpe School Netherthorpe St The usual Stonework, unfortunately damaged I would say it is 1873 Netherthorpe School from Netherthorpe Rd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siren Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Pye Bank School, Andover Street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 When invited to open Park School in 1875 (not on the list ?), the Liberal MP David Chadwick remarked "How in the name of fortune the School Board have persuaded the ratepayers of Sheffield to tolerate their extravagance in spending £100,000 in the building of 14 or 15 schools as substantial as so many castles!". ------------------------- St Mary's, South Road, Fir Street, 1873 - best guess, the is a date stone on Fit Street side of the building if anyone is passing, Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Gleadless Road School, Heeley (later re named Anns Road School then Anns Grove, before it's closure) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Gleadless School on Hollinsend Road was opened in April 1898, the School Board having taken over the running of the old Gleadless Church School in 1895. There is a photo by DaveH in the "Gleadless Pictures" topic. Can't help noticing this in one of the links (http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/cities/sheffield/sheffield-board-schools/planning-and-design.html ) in the first post of this topic: "Other local architects also carried out work for the School Board including Holmes & Watson, Hemsoll & Paterson and W. J. Hale" Presumably these two worked on the Elementary Schools I'm putting my coat on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Gleadless School on Hollinsend Road was opened in April 1898, the School Board having taken over the running of the old Gleadless Church School in 1895. There is a photo by DaveH in the "Gleadless Pictures" topic. Can't help noticing this in one of the links (http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/cities/sheffield/sheffield-board-schools/planning-and-design.html ) in the first post of this topic: "Other local architects also carried out work for the School Board including Holmes & Watson, Hemsoll & Paterson and W. J. Hale" Presumably these two worked on the Elementary Schools I'm putting my coat on. I have previously looked fior a date stone on this school and can't find one, - unless it has been covered by that more modern brick extension. There isn't one of those fancy stone carvings either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Lowfield School on London Road is another Board School: is the date stone 1874? Not entirely clear form Google Streetview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I have previously looked fior a date stone on this school and can't find one, - unless it has been covered by that more modern brick extension. There isn't one of those fancy stone carvings either. Dave I have come across the same problem with Heeley Bank School (1880) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Dave I have come across the same problem with Heeley Bank School (1880) That's going to make it difficult to decide if ALL these schools originally had that stone carving, or if some of them never did. Certainly when the attractive and fairly valuable stone carvings are coming up for sale, and have clearly been removed from their original site just to flog them for a quick profit, that's only going to make answering this question much more difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 Walkley Board School Link originally posted by VOX in another topic http://www.walkleyhouse.co.uk/more_about.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 Walkley Board School Link originally posted by VOX in another topic http://www.walkleyhouse.co.uk/more_about.html Image Courtesy of Google SV Walkley Board School has the usual stonework, it can be seen on the website link Hint Hint Needs a visit to photograph and check for datestone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Lowfield School on London Road is another Board School: is the date stone 1874? Not entirely clear form Google Streetview Here you are MA, it is 1874. The building of Lowfields School started in 1872, but due to building problems it was not completed until a couple of years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Image Courtesy of Google SV Walkley Board School has the usual stonework, it can be seen on the website link Hint Hint Needs a visit to photograph and check for datestone Wilco - now on list :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Walkley Board School. Innocent & Brown - 1874 Now named Walkley House (Student accommodation) and addressed as Burnaby Crescent. Burnaby Crescent was called Greaves Street on the 50's OS map Link to OS Map 236 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lebourg Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Also Intake School Mansfield Road. Some of the old pine class cupboards had the board school plaque inside them. Intake was built in 1884 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyn 1 Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Hillsborough Primary school also started out life as a board school See Centenial booklet here - http://sheffieldindexers.com/HistoryofHill...oughSchool.html Lyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Also Intake School Mansfield Road. Some of the old pine class cupboards had the board school plaque inside them. Intake was built in 1884 This one being a Handsworth Board School: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lebourg Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 This one being a Handsworth Board School: Interestingly there's a blue plaque on the end of the building which says Mansfield rd formally Main Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Interestingly there's a blue plaque on the end of the building which says Mansfield rd formally Main Road As seen (and discussed) here: http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/i...ost&p=57721 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Pye Bank School, Andover Street I went to Pye bank school and am pretty sure that it has a date carving which says "School Board then a date (Can't remember what it was) that part of Andover Street was always known as School Board Hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I went to Pye bank school and am pretty sure that it has a date carving which says "School Board then a date (Can't remember what it was) that part of Andover Street was always known as School Board Hill. Hi darra, the date looks to be 1875 View Larger Map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Hi darra, the date looks to be 1875 View Larger Map that looks so different,it used to be surrounded by high rise flats, shops and maisonettes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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