Devon Grammar School DEMOLISION FOR HOUSES SOON

Swanage Grammar School was established in 1929 in Swanage, Dorset, England. It closed in 1974. The building is now defunct (from 2002) having been used as a centre for outdoor pursuits and geography-based learning. Robert Rochelle managed the centre for the final 16 years. The building is at the northern end of Swanage, at the top of Northbrook Road, 15 minutes walk from the sea.


The promised re-birth of the School building as a part of a new Free School was sadly aborted because of the presence of asbestos in the structure. This was too expensive to remove so the Free School pulled out of the project. They moved their school up the road to the site of the old Secondary Modern and have now built their School there. As the re-use of the building was a part of the planning approval to build houses on the playing field the owners have pulled out for the present. The school looks very sorry for itself now alas. The reunion committee have commissioned a memorial stone to be erected in Days Park showing the School crest and a short description about the School


AN application for 90 homes has been lodged for the former Swanage Grammar School site off Northbrook Road.

The application, from Barratt David Wilson Homes in Southampton, includes the demolition of the former school buildings.


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