Building record MDO45493 - Mackrell's Charity School, Sturminster Marshall

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 286 (Monograph). SDO149.

'(3) Mackrell's Charity School has walls of brick and roofs covered with slates. On a stone tablet is inscribed 'Mackrell's Charity School, Endowed A.D. 1799. The Ground was given by William Churchill Esqr. Erected A.D. 1832 by a grant from the National Society and private subscriptions. James Joyce, Architect.' The cost was £168 (Charity Commissioners' Report 1836, xxx, 83). The school is of one storey, T-shaped on plan, with entrance lobbies at each end of the main range; a playground behind is enclosed by a brick wall. The founder was William Mackrell sen. of Spettisbury (Hutchins III, 367).'

<1.1> 1836, Report of the Charity Commissioners, xxx 83 (Serial). SDO17459.

<1.2> Shipp, W (ed), 1868, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 3, 367 (Monograph). SWX3207.

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209591 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Feb 9 2023 12:20PM