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The former Hanbury Schools with attached school houses

A Grade II Listed Building in East Langton, Leicestershire

The Hanbury Schools

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3-bay gabled projection with stone coping with kneelers and gabled stone bellcote. Single lateral stack. Below a heavily chamfered pointed arch with circular stone plaque dated 1873 in its typmanum and tall, 2-light casement below. Either side; similar pointed arches with stone framed oculi in tympana and a 2-light casement, all beneath decorative brick hoodmould with stone carving at intervals. Below the central window a stone plaque inscribed, -These schools were founded for the education and religious instruction of boys and girls of this parish by the Revd William Hanbury MA, Rector of Church Langton AD 1767. Erected by the trustees of the Hanbury Charity AD 1873. Glory be to God on High and on Earth, Peace, Goodwill toward men-. (Photo Mar 2007).

Uploaded by Andrew H Jackson
on 20 December 2012

Photo ID: 67629
Building ID: 101360751
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