Jacobean Schoolhouse (detail)
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Jacobean Schoolhouse (detail)
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 16 Sep 2017
A closer look at Image The central, nineteenth century, boarded door is flanked by fluted pilasters carrying entablature, with frieze inscribed "THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT 1622 THE FRE SCHOOLE WAS. FOUNDED BY THOMAS BURBANKE AND MARGARET HIS WIFE 1587 MEMORIA IVSTI BENEDICTA PRO 10" The inscription alludes to the building’s former purpose as a school house, teaching Latin and Greek to church school infants.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.366351
Longitude
-0.676104