School House.

Currently a private house, School House was formerly a school with a house for a teacher attached.

The school was built in the mid nineteenth century and became the venue for village events. The Education Act of 1870 meant that there were now standards to conform to, so in 1873 the Vestry (the equivalent of today's Parish Council) decided to 'set up a committee who shall manage the general business of the school and shall also be empowered to collect a sufficient fund by Voluntary Rate or Contribution to meet the necessary expences [sic] thereof'.

Later the same year the Vestry also decided to raise money to make any improvements to the school building which might be required by the Act and to erect 'a cottage for a schoolmistress'.

In 1877, money raised from the sale of cottages owned by the parish was to be used for school repairs.The teacher's house was not in fact built till later.

In 1881 there is still discussion in the Vestry minutes of raising money for the project . By 1882 builders are to be invited to tender for the construction of the house and it appears to have been completed in 1884. A teacher is recorded at the School House in the 1891 census.

The schoolroom continued to be the main social venue. At the coronation celebrations of 1902, for example, 150 people sat down to a meal there.

Schools were brought under the general supervision of the County Council around this time, as shown by the minutes of the Parish Meeting (successor to the Vestry) in 1903.

The County Council decided to close the school in 1965. The same fate has befallen many a small village school, as declining numbers of younger children made them uneconomic. Children now take a school bus to the neighbouring village of Clipston, up till the age of 11, and then after that to Guilsborough, several miles further away.

After the closure, the buildings were sold as one unit and now form a single property.

A view through the church gates to the school, taken in 1949. The gates were dedicated in 1948 as a memorial to those who died in the Second World War.