Building record MDO47753 - 1 Grammar School Lane, Wimborne Minster

Building, late 18th century. It has two storeys plus attics, it is constructed from brick with rendered elevations and a hipped old tiled roof. To the ground floor there is a central doorcase with a flat hood on brackets. There are five sashs to the ground floor and six to the first, there is a hipped dormer to the roof.

Lady Margaret Beaufort, 1441-1509, founded the Grammer School, afterwards known as Queen Elizabeth's Free Grammer School. In 1562 a fund for the administration of the school was provided from a tithe rent charge, and a governing body of twelve persons formed. <1> <3>

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School was founded (by Margaret Beaufort) in 1496 and re-endowed by Queen Elizabeth in 1563. The present building was erected in 1851. It is assumed to stand upon the site of the original building. <4>

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School was established in 1563 and has twice been rebuilt. The original building was burned down and rebuilt before 1640. The School was again rebuilt in 1849 in 17th century style and possibly incorporating parts of the earlier building. It is of two storeys, built of brick with ashlar dressings and tiled roofs. <6>

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1908, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club for 1907, 223 (Serial). SDO17439.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1926-38 (Map). SWX1540.

(SZ 00959982) Grammar School (NAT)

<3> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1941, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1940, 50-53 (Serial). SDO20467.

<4> Wrathall, Reginald, Field investigator's comments RW, F1 RW 16-MAR-54 (Unpublished document). SDO18449.

<4.1> Neil, J D, Oral: Oral: J D Neil MA (Headmaster), Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Wimborne Minster (Verbal communication). SDO20468.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1964 (Map). SWX1197.

(SZ 00959982) Queen Elizabeth's Free Grammar School (NAT)

<6> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 86 (Monograph). SDO129.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457906 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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