IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Jallands Row, NEWARK, NG24 1JU

Belltower and wing dated 1877 at The Mount School, a redundant Grade II listed building, now on Newark & Sherwood Buildings at Risk register

Empty, derelict and vandalised grade II listed school buildings at the former Mount School

The former premises of the Mount School on the left https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1196383

Shows position of Image above side door.

The C19th Grade II-listed Old Schoolroom at the south east end of the former Mount School Primary School site. This, the original school building was opened in 1826. It was designed by W. M. Fowler. The extension behind the house dates from 1838 and the bell tower (just visible) from 1877. Part of the new Parson's Mount sheltered housing complex, built in phases between 2014-2017, is visible behind. The Old Schoolroom now houses residential accommodation, and perhaps, administrative offices associated with the Parson's Mount complex. Immediately ahead , though not visible, is part of the boundary wall of the Parish Church's graveyard and Mounts Close, a footpath linking Appleton Gate and King's Road.

Shops on Appletongate, early on a sunny Saturday morning

Half way up side wall of Kings Flooring Image

The ancient stone wall on the left encloses what was once an Austin Friary and is now a house which Pevsner describes as "a rambling stone building, C17 in its earliest parts" (see Lambert's Image]). Appleton Gate consists mainly of 18th- and early 19th-century houses and shops, increasingly grand the nearer the centre of the town. The icy pavements were perilous just after 8.30 after a fortnight of snow and low temperatures; I had just come a cropper, but with no damage to wrist, hip or camera.

The absence of leaves on these two trees allows a mural on the wall of No.43, Appletongate to be seen. The mural, by Bill Ming, was painted in 1985-6 and celebrates Newark's heritage as a malting and brewing centre. It is painted on the side of a shop at the entrance to the public car park on Appletongate. The Palace Theatre lies 100 metres or so ahead. The artist, Bill Ming, was born in Bermuda in 1944 and he settled in the UK in 1971 to develop a career in art. He studied at Mansfield College of Art and this must have been one of his earliest commissions. Later he became the 1st Henry Moore Sculpture Fellow at John Moores University Liverpool and he also taught at Leicester Polytechnic and Loughborough College. In 1998 he taught for the Soweto's School's Project in South Africa. For a photo of the artist and more about his career, see: www.bernews.com/2011/03/new-bill-ming-sculpture-to-be-unveiled

Date from about 1800 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1196063