Building record MDR12484 - Whitwell Library and Community Centre, Portland Street, Whitwell

The Public Elementary School, with a house for the master and Mistress, was erected in 1898 for 600 children. The average attendance in 1912 was 180 boys, 160 girls and 290 infants. (1) There is a commemorative stone set within the building, inscribed as follows: 'St LAWRENCE'S / PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THE / CAUSE OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION / THIS STONE / WAS LAID BY THE / VI DUKE OF PORTLAND / MARCH 13TH 1897'. The former school building standing on Portland Street is currently [2010] in use as a Community Centre; the building to the rear is the Library and Information Centre. (2)