Free Grammar School, Lower Gungate, Tamworth lithograph

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Date:1828 - 1829 (c.)

Description:'Free Grammar School,' showing a low brick building with a central `stepped' gable and a hipped roof. On the ground floor are four windows between stone pilasters. The house next door is of white stucco. 'E. B. Hamel del.,' [drawn.]

Queen Elizabeth's Free Grammar School was founded by the Guild of St George. Elizabeth I re-founded it in 1547. This engraving shows the rebuilding of 1677-8 which was demolished in the 1860s.

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Schools Educational Buildings & Grounds Educational Buildings Education

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Donor ref:SV-X.102b (45/9661)

Source: William Salt Library

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