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Municipal School of Art |
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County | Norfolk | District Council | Great Yarmouth Borough Council | |||||||||||||||||||||
Civil Parish or equivalent | Great Yarmouth | Town/Village* | Great Yarmouth | |||||||||||||||||||||
Road | Nelson Road Central | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Precise Location | Nelson Road Central | |||||||||||||||||||||||
OS Grid Ref | AZ 169 D3 | Postcode | NR30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Setting | On Building | Access | Public | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Design & Constrn period |
1912 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Great Yarmouth Borough Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inscriptions | 1912 in cartouche above coat-of arms. 'Municipal School of Art' above doorway. Yarmouth coat of arms repeated in glass roundel in semi-circular window. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description (physical) |
Yarmouth's coat-of-arms, lions quartered with fish are displayed at the top of the building while the stone piers are decorated with terracotta finials, with wreaths and twin mini domes. The large space above the main entrance was decorated with faience tiles which in 2006 could just be made out under the flaking paint. The derelict building was restored by Oxbury & Co during late 2010 - 2011. It was turned into thirteen one bedroom flats and the tile decoration with its contrasting border was revealed. The original Crittall windows were successfully replaced with full height, double-glazed, aluminium ones. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description (iconographical) |
The Borough's coat-of arms, quartering the heads of the royal lions with fishes's tails was granted by Edward III in 1340 (Information from Great yarmouth tourist Office) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Photographs |
Date taken:
27/6/2012
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On Site Inspection |
Date: 5/4/2006 |
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Sources and References |
Pevsner, N. and Wilson B., Buildings of England. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East, New Haven and London, 1997, 504; http//www.oxbury.co.uk/Art_College,_Great_Yarmouth.html accessed 27/06/2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date entered: 27/6/2012 |
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