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A bluecoat school is a type of charity school in England, the first of which was founded in the 16th century. Most of them have closed; some remain open as schools, often on different sites, and some of the original buildings have been adapted for other purposes.
The first occupants, the Liverpool Blue Coat School (or Hospital), expanded for nearly two centuries, adding or replacing parts of the original building, while retaining its capital H shape and front façade features.
Dating from 1717, Bluecoat is the oldest building in both central Liverpool and the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was also the first arts centre in the UK. This collection provides an overview of the building's development from school to arts centre, through a timeline, publications, images and other material.
Liverpool Blue Coat School for orphaned children. They built a modest building belonging to St Peter’s Church opposite the present Bluecoat (originally spelt as two words, after the school moved out the building is referred to as ‘Bluecoat’). The coats worn by pupils were blue, denoting charity.
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The Blue Coat School, Westminster, was established by voluntarysubscriptions about the year 1688. (fn. n1)An old parchment roll, written probablyin 1700, contains the following statement on the point:— "In the late reign, when the Roman Catholick Priests and Jesuiteswere busie in making Proselytes and to that end set up Free Schools inthe Savoy and...
There is no record of the name of the architect employed to designthe building. The date (1709) of its erection, however, one year beforethe final stone of the lantern of St. Paul's Cathedral was placed in position,naturally suggests the possibility of the same great architect being responsible for both buildings. Such an attribution, indeed, has o...
(fn. n8) General exterior (from a water-colour drawing by T. H. Shepherd in the Crace Collection, British Museum) (photograph). (fn. n8) North elevation (photograph). (fn. n8) North elevation (measured drawing). South elevation (photograph). West elevation (photograph). Interior, looking west (photograph). Interior, looking east (photograph). (fn. ...
Oct 19, 2022 · Christ’s Hospital was the first such ‘bluecoat’ school and set the trend for more. It was set up in the City of London in 1552 by King Edward VI for the impoverished and fatherless children of London.
Jan 9, 2012 · Architect: Thomas Ivory. Thomas Ivory’s design for the Blue Coat School, Blackhall Place (now the Law Society) with the sadly unbuilt tower. Ivory was selected as the architect of the school after an architectural competition and exhibition in 1772.
