Image ID: 19941

Old Grammar School, Strelley Street, Bulwell, c 1900

Courtesy of Nottingham and Notts Photographic Society

Strelley Street
Nottingham, Bulwell
England

Following is an extract from an article called 'Notes on Domestic Architecture of Old Nottingham' (1907) By MR. H. GILL:- 'It has the characteristic 'shaped' gables, quoins, and dentilled string courses, and notwithstanding 'its present sordid surroundings, it still retains a distinguished and picturesque appearance'. The bricks are irregular in size about 10ins. long x 21/2ins. thick the usual hand-made, clamp-burnt bricks of the period, laid in irregular bond, with wide mortar joints. Above the open porch is a carved stone panel, containing a central shield surmounted by mantling and crest, with a space for the date beneath, and a smaller shield in each of the four corners. The crest is the well-known Saracen's head of the Strelleys, and on the upper dexter shield there are traces of what appears to be Paly of six for Strelley. On the upper sinister shield the arms of Sacheverell, on a Saltire five water bougets are plainly visible. The remainder of the heraldry is now worn beyond recognition. A workman who repaired the building in 1900 has stated that the date 1667 was then legible on the date-stone. I learn from a Deed of Trust, dated 1669, that this fine specimen of early brickwork, now occupied as a dwelling and known as 'Strelley House,' was built in the Parish of Bulwell in the County of Nottingham by George Strelley, late of Hemshill in the said County, esquire; for the educating and teaching young children of the Inhabitants of the said Parish. 'The Honourable William Byron of Bulwell Wood in the County of Nottingham, Esqre. was appointed Governor and Richard Slater of Nuthall in the said County, Esqre, Daniel Chadwick, Minister of the Parish of Bulwell, William Strelley of Arnold and Edward Clud of Northwell Park in the said County to be his Assistants.' These were appointed to meet at the school-house at least once in each year, and 'for their accommodation at their General Meeting there shall be allowance of

Date: 1900

Organisation Reference: DD/1915/1/132

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