Nottingham NG5 - Mapperley

Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 11 Mar 2012

This combined mission church and school was built c.1863-65 and was originally called St Ann's C. of E. School. Following the construction of the nearby St Jude's Anglican Curch, Mapperley it was renamed St Judes's C. of E. School. Attendances rose and money was found to extend the buildings in 1881 and again in 1892 when the numbers on the register reached 250. By 1901 however, the ever increasing pressure on the facilities forced the local education authority to press the school management to improve the facilities still further and to include an infants' section. The church however, was unable to fund any further developments and children from the nearby new Porchester housing estate could not be admitted. The school became an infants and junior school in 1928 but it eventually closed in 1935 with only 170 children registered. Because of these low numbers it was decided to close these premises and for children to begin, instead, to enrol at new nearby Walter Halls School. The (unused) main entrance is on Woodborough Road. These premises are currently occupied by a painting and decorating supplies business.

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