Sujet

The Alfred Free Grammar-School, Wantage, Berks., 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Alfred Free Grammar-School, Wantage, Berkshire, 1850. 'Sketch of the proposed building [a memorial in commemoration of the thousandth anniversary of the birth of Alfred the Great],...in the style of the first period of pointed architecture prevailing in the 13th century...The edifice is to be built of Cirencester stone...The School will provide accommodation for seventy scholars...Mr. J. B. Clacy, of Reading, is the architect; and the contract for the work has been taken by Messrs. Hunt and Kent, of Wantage...it is stated that "the Governors of the Wantage Town Lands have long been anxious to revive their Grammar School, and to provide for the middle classes of their neighbourhood a cheap and efficient course of instruction, embracing not only a rudimental acquaintance with the Latin language, but also the necessary addition of a sound modern education". From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM22A33_467

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Format disponible

54,4Mo (3,5Mo) / 42,0cm x 32,5cm / 4960 x 3836 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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