Cam School - Cam Patch - Lower Cam, Gloucestershire
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N 51° 42.061 W 002° 21.883
30U E 543902 N 5727976
A former primary school, later a church hall, now private home, Lower Cam.
Waymark Code: WMY4VX
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/22/2018
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"A PRIMARY school in Cam which closed its doors for the last time in 1966 before becoming a community hall has been converted into a home.
Founded in the 19th century, Lower Cam Infants’ School was a place of learning for generations of children before the building was taken over by neighbouring St Bartholomew’s Church.
For decades the Grade II listed building was used for community events before being sold by the church.
It was bought by father and son pair Terry and Tony Perks who have spent the last two years converting the building into a home.
The crowning glory of their work on the building was the refurbishment of the old school bell which can now be rung from one of the bathrooms.
Terry Perks said: “We believe that there is no one alive now that has heard the bell ring – it has been about 100 years or so since it was last used.
Described in old schools logs by a former headmistress as a “useful” tool, the bell can now once again be heard in the village."
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"Church hall. Mid C19. Squared and coursed limestone, ashlar quoins, stone slate roofs. Picturesque composition, parallel range block with porch in internal angle and return block to street; lead-covered timber bell-cote. Two storeys, various multi-light mullioned casements with pointed heads, under drips and stops. Plank door in pointed arch to porch."
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