1 Name of school Great Melton National (Mied) School (1852) Photo reference GMT 1-8 Grid Reference TG 6129 3068 School Address (Now Private residence) Old School, Landlow Lane, Great Melton, Norwich, NR9 3BL A high quality flint building built by the landlord (Charles Lombe) in the 1850s with a small etension in the 1890s. Now a private house. Photograph Photograph GTM1 - Original window in west elevation - enlarged by present owners GTM2 Ornate chimney GTM8 - Original windows in north elevation
2 GTM3 Ornate brick quion GTM4 Entrance with quatrefoil light above GTM7 arch-braced roof GTM 6 Gothic gable window with small quatrefoil light above
3 GTM 5 Document references Building plans in NRO Building plans in other Sale particulars in NRO Sale particulars in other Log books in NRO C/ED 2/77}Admission registers 1889-1944 C/ED 2/78} C/ED 4/12 Admission Registers 1935-44 PD 479/14 School Managers Minute Book 1903 PD 479/56 School Managers Minute Book 1903 1949 PD 479/58 School Managers Papers 1902 1950 PD 479/59 Retrospect note book Log books in school Photographs in NRO Other docs in NRO Photographs in other Other doc.sources PD 479/60 19 th and 20 th Century Photographs Acc 2009/304 (1903 survey) p.207 NS/7/1/8524
4 Directory entry (1920s or nearest date) Date of construction 1851 53, 1896 Whites 1883 p.415 A National School a pretty Gothic Structure of flint and white brick near the rectory was built in 1851 by Sir Charles Lombe. It is attended by 40 children and supported by private contributions. Kelly 1925 p.272 erected in 1852 at the sole epense of the late Charles Lombe esq, enlarged 1895 for 96 children. Architects (if known) Position within parish Catchment area in 1940s Thomas Jeckyll Near church Great Melton Plan describe or include scan
5 Acc 2009/304 p.207 How many storeys one How many rooms Originally 2 Present use Name of present owner Private dwelling Mr and Mrs Seely Condition (1 =derelict 5 = good) 5 Is there a teacher s house attached? Give some idea of date, size and style No but Jeckyll was commissioned to modify another dwelling nearby (Fo s Cottage) to be a school teachers cottage. See plan Building Features Windows: number, position, size, no of Gothic, sash (GTM5 & 6)
6 lights, style (sash, leaded, etc) Window sill in GTM1 & 6 has been lowered by the addition of 2 panes 1 small quatrefoil over porch doorway (GTM4) and trefoil GMT6) Chimneys: number, style 1 remaining - Moulded brick (GTM 2) Ventilators: number, position Doors: number, position, inscription over (Boys Girls) style Porches: number, position, inscription etc Bell towers/clock and other ornamentation no Porch doorway with wooden chamfered lintel (GTM4) no Overall style Gothic/ecclesiastical (pointed windows and mied doors Classical/Georgian (triangular pediments, sash windows) Tudor/flat headed windows with drip moulding, ornate chimneys Plain and functional with no ornamentation Inscriptions, coats of arms etc Building materials Roof-note decorative features (coloured and fancy tiles Walls-note decorative work (flint work, diaper bricks etc) Tiled roof (GTM2) restoration/reconstruction see arrangement of tiles Random knapped flint with local brick and stopped chamfer quoins (GTM3 and porch door (GTM4) For architectural terminology, see the glossary in Pevsener Internal (room by room) materials and features such as: Panelled walls Fire places/heating appliances Plaster/modern ceilings, open to roof Original cupboards Timber arch braced roof (GTM7 with trefoil and mouchette (?) traceried spandrels. Note carved work at wall plate level
7 Room divisions/folding doors Permanent art work Building sequence 1851-2 with small etension 1895 Playground Size (appro) Type (tarmac enclosure, field nature garden, climbing frames, games painted on ground Buildings out houses, mobiles, offices Include here any additional material (scans of sketch plans, old photographs, oral evidence, etc, précis of school history Date of survey October 2011 Name(s) of surveyor(s) John Pitchford