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Chappel Yard School/Hospital – Now and Then

Originally set up as a school for the “Poor boys of Mountsorrel and Swithland” by Joseph Danvers in 1742 on the site (reusing the same building?) of a previous school run by James Freeman.

Closing down after the Christchurch and St.Peter’s Schools were opened in 1871, the building was later leased to the Mountsorrel Granite Company as a hospital for their employees in 1879.

The property is now spilt into 2 private dwellings.

Early Photo: c1911
Recent Photo : January 2025

More information on this building can be found on the Heritage Group Website at the link below

https://mountsorrelarchive.org/free-school-chappel-yard/

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