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| HER Number | MWB16478 |
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| Record Type | Building |
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| Name | Speenhamland School, Newbury (formerly St Mary's Infants' School) |
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Summary
Unlisted Victorian infant school surviving in 21st century as detached building within Speenhamland School complex
Monument Type(s):
Full Description
This building was identified during a historic character study as being significant to Newbury although unlisted <1><2>.
St Mary's School (Infants) is mapped on the Ordnance Survey Town Plan of Newbury <3>. This small building exists within the grounds of Speenhamland School in the 21st century; the other school buildings date from the mid 20th century or later. St Mary's Church in Speenhamland was of Georgian origins, demolished in 1976.
The revised Pevsner dates the front block of the school to 1874 and the rear block to 1933, which it describes as 'a kind of jazz-Wren' <4>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Oxford Archaeology. 2006. Newbury Historic Character Study - Assessment Report. OA Job No 2563. WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB14654]
http://info.westberks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=30418 (Accessed 25/09/2015) |
| <02> | Oxford Archaeology. 2006. Newbury Historic Character Study - Database and shape files. [Digital archive / SWB14655] |
| <03> | Landmark. 1880-81. Digital OS Mapping Epoch 1, 1:500 - Newbury Town Plan. Digital. 1:500. Marked 'St Mary's School (Infants)'. [Map / SWB146990] |
| <04> | Tyack, G, Bradley, S and Pevsner, N. 2010. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). p397. [Monograph / SWB147855] |
| <05> | Berkshire Record Office. 2013?. Berkshire Record Office Guide to School Records - West Berkshire. Speenhamland - St Mary's CE Infants (formerly Speenhamland CE Infants, Infants National). [Unpublished document / SWB148439]
https://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/storage/app/media/pdfs/Source%20guides/West-Berks-Schools-guide-A4-final.pdf (Accessed on 23/06/2021) |
| <06> | Peacock, D. 03/07/2016. Correspondence from David Peacock to West Berkshire HER about his research on James Money. 2016 WBC Network. 18. [Unpublished document / SWB149196] |
Related Monuments
| MWB3464 | SPEENHAMLAND, Newbury (Place) |
| MWB16419 | Site of St Mary's Church, Speenhamland (Monument) |
| MWB21273 | Site of St Mary's Mixed National School, Newbury (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB870 | Newbury Historic Character Study (NHCS) (Ref: NEWHESCO) |
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