Monument record MDO5447 - Lockyer's School, Corfe Mullen

Lockyear's School was founded by Richard Lockyer in 1706. The Report of the Charity Commissioner states that the schoolroom was rebuilt circa 1824 but the work seems to have consisted of enlargement and remodelling, to form part of Corfe Mullen school now on the site, rather than rebuilding. The old part of the schoolhouse was remodelled around 1824 to harmonise with the Gothic style of the enlargement. <2>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1934 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 98809779) Lockyer's School (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 1, 103 (Monograph). SDO148.

'(3) LOCKYER'S SCHOOL (988977) was founded by Richard Lockyer in 1706. The Report of the Charity Commissioners (vol. 30 (1836), 79) says that the 'school-room was rebuilt about twelve years ago at the cost of £260', but the work seems to have consisted of enlargement and remodelling, to form part of Corfe Mullen school now on the site, rather than rebuilding. The old part of the Schoolhouse with plastered walls and tiled roofs consists of two rooms, one above the other, re-modelled in c. 1824 to harmonise with the Gothic style of the enlargement.'

<2.1> 1836, Report of the Charity Commissioners, 79 (Serial). SDO17459.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457197 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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