Pedestrianisation
This area of the town centre has done away with this road
altogether. Today, the Old Grammar School is often the venue of charity
stalls on Saturday mornings, and the current Robert Smyth school stands
on Burnmill road.
Site of the ancient butter market
 This building featured in the
Aerial Views section
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The
Old Grammar School
 The
old Grammar School, founded by Robert Smyth in l614, has acquired a status
as icon for the town!
Having the unusual feature of standing on huge oak legs, the ground floor
section was apparently the home of a butter market in years gone by. Restoration
work was carried out in 1868 with the addition of a brick enclosed staircase.
By the end of the 19th century, new premises for the school had been built
on the Coventry Road, and by 1910, it was no longer used as a school.
Again in the 1970's, more restoration work was carried out, mainly on
the oak stilts, and the side road on the south side was narrowed to protect
the building from damage by passing lorries.
 Scripts
These are engraved all around the side of the building (right).
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