Beaconsfield School - Rangitikei, NZ
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Phronimos
S 40° 05.483 E 175° 39.393
60G E 385475 N 5561235
In the small settlement of Beaconsfield stands an abandoned single room schoolhouse built in 1918.
Waymark Code: WM1AMK1
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 09/06/2024
Views: 1
The existing schoolhouse replaces the original built on the same site in 1883 that burnt down in 1918.
There's a short driveway and gate with flagpole atop the stone gate post on the right hand side. On the right is the schoolroom with large windows on the north, tennis courts side. A lean-to on the south side of the classroom contains the cloakroom and 'kitchen' hot water 'Zip' and basin.
Other buildings around the courtyard include a toilet block and the original stables repurposed as a bike shed and a garage/storage shed.
The date of the school's closure is unknown, but newspapers continued advertising school fund-raising Dances in 1945.
Original or Re-creation?: Original
Year the school first opened.: 01/01/1918
Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: no
Address:
129 Beaconsfield Valley Road
Beaconsfield
Feilding, New Zealand
4779
Web Address (if available): [Web Link]
Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: no
Year the school closed.: Not listed
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