NHER 48834 (Building record) - The Strike School, Church Green
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TM18SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BURSTON WITH SHIMPLING, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Built in 1917 by public subscription to enable the teachers of the village school to continue to teach the local children after the teachers had been dismissed in 1914 by the education authorities for supporting the farm workers strike. Small single-storey rendered building with front wall of ashlar almost entirely composed of stones with subscribers' names inscribed. Three bays with central doorway with double doors and large flanking casement windows. Continuous moulded impost, and lintels forming frieze beneath the eaves inscribed 'Burston 19 Strike 17 School'. Tiled roof with gabled ends. Brick chimney stack over right hand front corner.
Included for social historical interest.
M. Dennis (NLA), 1 September 2006.
April 2011. Norfolk Rural Schools Survey.
See (S1).
S. Howard (HES), 23 August 2011.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.
- --- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 236.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF81521 Unpublished Document: Bate, S. & Blaikie, S.. 2011. Norfolk Rural Schools Survey Form. Burston Strike School, Burston, Norfolk.. April.
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Record last edited
Apr 21 2016 4:52PM