Queen Elizabeth Grammar Schools, St Ann’s Road, Faversham. Kent

FAVERSHAM - The new buildings erected by the governors of Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Faversham, have been opened. The site of the schools is now in St. Ann’s-road, adjacent to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. Accommodation has been provided for sixty day-scholars, forty boarders, the head master and assistant masters, and the domestics. The sleeping accommodation is on the upper floors. One dormitory for twenty boys is placed on each floor; both dormitories are divided into twenty cubicles each, with a corridor running down the centre. The divisions of the cubicles are of wood, about 7 feet high, the size of the cubicles being 8 feet 3 in. by 7 feet, a window being provided for each. Externally the buildings are treated in a modification of the Queen Aune style, the walls built of yellow stock bricks with red brick dressings, the roofs being covered with red tiles. The cost of the buildings will be about £5,700. Mr. Lewis Shrubsole has been sole contractor, and Mr. T. Ware has acted as clerk of the works. The architect is Mr. James Ledingham, of Bradford, whose designs were selected in competition. [Builder 2 August 1879 page 871]

The formal opening of the new buildings for Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham, took place last week; the Very Reverend the Dean of Canterbury (the chairman of the governors) presiding at the luncheon. The buildings comprise day and boarding schools and master's residence, and have been erected in the Queen Anne style, at a cost of £5,700. Mr. Lewis Shrubsole, of Faversham, has been sole contractor, and Mr. T. Ware clerk of works. Mr. James Ledingham, of Bradford, has been the architect, from whose designs and under whose superintendence the works have been carried out. [Building News 22 August 1879 page 216]

Reference    Builder 2 August 1879 page 871
Reference    Building News 22 August 1879 page 216