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Lincoln Schools and Education
 
Lincoln School of Science and Art
Lincoln School of Science and Art
Lincoln School of Science and Art

This impressive building is on Monks Road close to the junction with Broadgate.

It was built in 1885-86 by Cowen and Lansdown of Lincoln to the award-winning design of George Sedger of London. It is said to be in Dutch Renaissance style.

March 2018

Schools and Universities, Lincoln College of Art and Science, George Sedger, Cowen and Lansdown
Lincoln School of Science and Art
Lincoln School of Science and Art
Lincoln School of Science and Art

The building was dubbed the Gibney Building in the 1970s (after Revd J S Gibney who founded the original School of Art in the Corn Exchange in 1863).

When the Art School left the building it became part of Lincoln Technical College, now Lincoln College.

March 2018

Schools and Universities, Lincoln Technical College, J S Gibney,
Lincoln, Bishop Grosseteste University
Lincoln, Bishop Grosseteste University
Lincoln, Bishop Grosseteste University

The Robert Hardy Building, a block of teaching rooms, was opened in 2010. It is named after the former Bishop of Lincoln, Robert Hardy (1987-2001).

September 2013

Schools and Universities, Bishop Grosseste University, Robert hardy
Lincoln, Bishop Grossteste University
Lincoln, Bishop Grossteste University
Lincoln, Bishop Grossteste University

Part of an illuminated banner which depicts the original building of c1862.

The college was established as a teacher training school by the Church of England.

The original chapel, shown here in the foreground, remains in use today.

Ken Redmore 2012

Lincoln Bishop Grosseteste, University College, teacher training,
Lincoln, Bishop Grossteste University
Lincoln, Bishop Grossteste University
Lincoln, Bishop Grossteste University

Constance Stewart Hall is the largest residential block at Bishop Grosseteste University.

It has over 100 bedrooms and is also a good self-contained base for small conferences.

It was built in the 1930s and has several strong Art Deco features.

It is named after a former principal of the college.

Ken Redmore, 2012

 

Lincoln, Bishop Grosseteste, University College, Constance Stewart, Art Deco,
Lincoln, Bishop Grossteste University, Chapel
Lincoln, Bishop Grossteste University, Chapel
Lincoln, Bishop Grossteste University, Chapel

Bishop Grosseteste University has its origins in the Lincoln Diocesan Training School for mistresses which opened in 1862.

The chapel, part of the original institution, was designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield.

February 2014

Schools and Universities, Bishop Grosseteste university, chapel
Lincoln, Christ's Hospital Girls' High School
Lincoln, Christ's Hospital Girls' High School
Lincoln, Christ's Hospital Girls' High School

This fine red brick building with terracotta decoration was designed by William Watkins and opened as a high school for girls in 1893.

September 2017

Schools and Universities, Lincoln Christ's Hospital School for girls, William Watkins
Lincoln, Christ's Hospital Girls' High School
Lincoln, Christ's Hospital Girls' High School
Lincoln, Christ's Hospital Girls' High School

The former girls' school was the principal base for Lincolnshire College of Art for many years. It is now the Lincoln University Technical College.

September 2017

Schools and Universities,
Lincoln, City School
Lincoln, City School
Lincoln, City School

The City School - a grammar school for boys - had occupied an awkward cramped site on Monks Road.

The City adopted a comprehensive scheme of secondary education and built this co-educational upper school (for 12 -18 year-olds) on Skellingthorpe Road in the south-west of the city.

The school was designed by the City Architect; the initial number on roll was 690 pupils.It became a mixed comprehensive school in 1974 (shown here) following amalgamation with the Sincil Secondary Modern School.

The main block facing Skellingthorpe Road has been rebuilt since 2010.

Schools and Universities, City School
Lincoln, Lincoln Christ's Hospital School
Lincoln, Lincoln Christ's Hospital School
Lincoln, Lincoln Christ's Hospital School

Built as Lincoln School (a grammar school for boys) in 1905 by Leonard Stokes.

It became a mixed comprehensive school in 1974 following the reorganisation of secondary education in the city.

 

Schools and Universities, Lincoln School
Lincoln, Lincoln Christ's Hospital School
Lincoln, Lincoln Christ's Hospital School
Lincoln, Lincoln Christ's Hospital School

Plaque near the school hall marking the transition of the school to a mixed comprehensive school in 1974.

November 2016

Schools and Universities, Sir Francis Hill
Lincoln, Lincoln School, WW1 Hospital
Lincoln, Lincoln School, WW1 Hospital
Lincoln, Lincoln School, WW1 Hospital

The 4th Northern General Hospital was set up in Lincoln School on Wragby Road at the beginning of World War I in August 1914.

By early October, the hospital cared for over 200 wounded Belgian soldiers. Many of the wards were in wooden buildings which had been quickly erected on the school playing field.

The school itself was housed in temporary classrooms at the junction of St Anne's Road and Sewell Road.

Undated postcard

Lincoln School, Wragby Road, World War I, Northern General Hospital,
Lincoln, Old School
Lincoln, Old School
Lincoln, Old School

This building, now the Castle Hotel on Westgate, was erected in 1851-52 by W A Nicholson as the North District National Schools.

October 2017

Schools and Universities, Castle Hotel, Lincoln, North District national School
Lincoln, Rosemary Lane Methodist School
Lincoln, Rosemary Lane Methodist School
Lincoln, Rosemary Lane Methodist School

This impressive building was erected in 1859 (architects Bellamy and Hardy of Lincoln) and extended to the rear later in the nineteenth century. It was opened as a Wesleyan Methodist Day School.

This former school is now disused and partly demolished to the rear.

March 2018

Schools and Universities, Lincoln Rosemary Lane Methodist School
Lincoln, Rosemary Lane Methodist School
Lincoln, Rosemary Lane Methodist School
Lincoln, Rosemary Lane Methodist School

This former school is described as Italianate in style; it has nine bays and is L-shaped in plan.

The materials are red brick, with yellow brick and stone dressings, and slate and concrete tile roofs.

March 2018

Schools and Universities, Lincoln Rosemary Lane Methodist School
Lincoln, Rosemary Lane Methodist School
Lincoln, Rosemary Lane Methodist School
Lincoln, Rosemary Lane Methodist School

The impressive school tower.

March 2018

Schools and Universities, Lincoln Rosemary Lane Methodist School
Lincoln, Sincil Bank Council School
Lincoln, Sincil Bank Council School
Lincoln, Sincil Bank Council School

School located at the east end of Smith Street.

"The school opened in 1913 as Sincil Bank Council School.

It was re-organised in May 1920, with the splitting of the Mixed Seniors into separate Boys' and Girls' departments.

The Boys' department later became Sincil County Secondary for Boys. This closed in 1937, with the boys transferred to The City School"

https://www.lincstothepast.com/LINCOLN-SINCIL-SECONDARY-MODERN-BOYS--SCHOOL/1072588.record?pt=S 

Ruddock's Directory of the City of Lincoln 1919 has an entry "SINCIL BANK COUNCIL - T. H. Prescott (mixed); Miss C. E. Hughes (infants)". 

DB 16 June 2019

Lincoln Sincil Bank Council School
Lincoln, Sincil Bank Council School
Lincoln, Sincil Bank Council School
Lincoln, Sincil Bank Council School

The school opened in 1913 as Sincil Bank Council School.

Now Springwell Lincoln City Academy with a capacity of 252 pupils. Headteacher listed as Mr David Whitaker. Academy alternative provision sponsor led.

https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/144016 

DB 16 June 2019

Lincoln, Sincil Bank Council School
Lincoln, St Peter In Eastgate Infant School
Lincoln, St Peter In Eastgate Infant School
Lincoln, St Peter In Eastgate Infant School

The OS 25 inch map published 1907 has schools (plural) marked here also "St Leonard's Ch. (site of)".

Ruddock's Directory of the City of Lincoln 1919 has two schools listed :-

"Miss COOKSON's GIRLS' SCHOOL, Greetwellgate Miss S. Brown"

"EASTGATE INFANTS Miss M. Russell"

This image seems to be of what was the girls school. School is listed and Historic England has further information :-

"Formerly known as: Eastgate Primary School GREETWELL GATE. School with attached teacher's house and boundary wall. Founded 1850 by a Miss Cookson, rebuilt 1881-82 by William Watkins of Lincoln"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1388557 

DB 7 August 2020

Lincoln, St Peter In Eastgate Infant School, Miss COOKSON's GIRLS' SCHOOL, William Watkins
Lincoln, St Peter In Eastgate Infant School
Lincoln, St Peter In Eastgate Infant School
Lincoln, St Peter In Eastgate Infant School
Inscriptions above the main entrance on Greetwell Gate are weathered but the date seems to read "MDCCCLI" (1851).
Lincoln, St Peter In Eastgate Infant School
Lincoln, St. Botolph's Girls' School
Lincoln, St. Botolph's Girls' School
Lincoln, St. Botolph's Girls' School

Listed in the Ruddock's Directory of Lincoln 1919 on the corner of Bargate and Craven Street :-

"St. Botolph's Girls' School - Miss E. A. Pepperdine, mistress"

Now private accommodation. 

DB 2 July 2019

Lincoln, St. Botolph's Girls' School