Holme Hill School
Holme Hill School was built from 1876-1878 by Charles Bell of London, architect, and J M Thompson of Louth, builder. It was built for the Great Grimsby School Board for roughly 1000 children. It was the first major school built in Grimsby following the 1870 Education Act. The architect Charles Bell won a nationwide competition for its design. The school closed in 1967 before re-opening sometime later. Renovations had occurred in 2014 but it was to close shortly after. According to numerous articles the council plan to refurbish the grade II listed building to eventually put it back on the market and reinvest the money from the sale into the council's capital programme. Thankfully, funding for the restoration of the clock tower has already been approved.
Close up of the clock tower.
I have just began to look through a bunch of mediocre places I had edited and stored away and have found some time to create some reports of those that have some interesting features. I had pinned Holme Hill purely due to it's rather impressive exterior along with a bunch of other places in and around Grimsby and wasn't sure whether we would bother/get round to taking a look at it. Late in the afternoon during summer last year we found the time to have a nosey around and see if anything came from it. A fun entrance was executed before setting off a rather loud alarm and shortly after a security dog van arrived allowing for a sneaky escape which probably left the guard scratching his head. Internally the school was nothing ground breaking but the clock tower may well be of interest to some people on here.
Enjoy the pics
Main entrance
The better classrooms:
And finally the clock tower:
Epic right?
Thanks for reading!
Holme Hill School was built from 1876-1878 by Charles Bell of London, architect, and J M Thompson of Louth, builder. It was built for the Great Grimsby School Board for roughly 1000 children. It was the first major school built in Grimsby following the 1870 Education Act. The architect Charles Bell won a nationwide competition for its design. The school closed in 1967 before re-opening sometime later. Renovations had occurred in 2014 but it was to close shortly after. According to numerous articles the council plan to refurbish the grade II listed building to eventually put it back on the market and reinvest the money from the sale into the council's capital programme. Thankfully, funding for the restoration of the clock tower has already been approved.
Close up of the clock tower.
I have just began to look through a bunch of mediocre places I had edited and stored away and have found some time to create some reports of those that have some interesting features. I had pinned Holme Hill purely due to it's rather impressive exterior along with a bunch of other places in and around Grimsby and wasn't sure whether we would bother/get round to taking a look at it. Late in the afternoon during summer last year we found the time to have a nosey around and see if anything came from it. A fun entrance was executed before setting off a rather loud alarm and shortly after a security dog van arrived allowing for a sneaky escape which probably left the guard scratching his head. Internally the school was nothing ground breaking but the clock tower may well be of interest to some people on here.
Enjoy the pics
Main entrance
The better classrooms:
And finally the clock tower:
Epic right?
Thanks for reading!
