Old Schoolhouse

TL 87 SE AMPTON THE STREET

2/3 Old Schoolhouse

14.7.55 GV II Former Charity School. Dated 1705: a Latin inscription on the front commemorates the founding of the school by Sir James Calthorpe. 2 storeys and attics. Colour-washed brick front, flint with red brick dressings to sides and rear. String course, stone copings to gable ends, plaintiled roof. 4 window range: C20 casement windows with hood-moulds. 4 dormers with hipped roofs. Central 6-panelled door. Later 2-storey wing at rear in red brick. In 1692 Sir James Calthorpe conveyed property for the maintenance of a school for 6 poor boys between the ages of 7 and 14 years, from Ampton and the neighbouring parishes. The endowment was subsequently enlarged by other bequests, and the number of pupils increased. They wore blue caps and blue coats with the monogram 'J.C.' on the front. The Latin inscription reads "MDCCV JACOBUS CALTHORPE ARM. HOSPITIUM HOC PUERORUM MELIORI AEVO D.D.D.Q DISCE LIBROS CALAMOS NUMEROS HIC FRUGIS IN ANNOS COPIA NE DUBIAE FLUITES SPE PENDULUS HORAE". It later became a National School.

Listing NGR: TL8662371152