Slate Pencil Sharpening Stone

Slate pencil sharpening stone, an original playground feature of the Boys National School, Lovett Street in 1896; now re-sited at the William Barcroft Junior School, Barnett Lane, Cleethorpes and is raised upon a secondary brick plinth.

A circular slate stone block with rubbed edges, approximately 0.9m in diameter and 0.15m deep. The stone has been erected up-side down, and what was originally the base of the stone now acts as the top; the original upper surface, which is heavily worn and uneven now acts as the base. The uneven surface overhangs and is largely obscured by a secondary circular red brick plinth, four brick courses high. The plinth is surrounded by a circular, segmental section of Yorkstone paving.

Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that the circular brick plinth and the segmental paving that surrounds the slate pencil sharpening stone is a modern addition, and is not of special architectural or historic interest.