Wilderspin National School
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  Location within Lincolnshire | |
| Established | 2009 |
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| Location | Queen Street, Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, DN18 5QP |
| Coordinates | 53°41′06″N 0°26′23″W / 53.6850°N 0.4398°W |
| Type | Social History Museum |
| Visitors | Total since 2009: 85,000 |
| Website | www |
The Wilderspin National School is a former national school and Grade II listed building in Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, and a museum focussing on the life and works of Samuel Wilderspin.
The building was designed by the architect William Hey Dykes and Samuel Wilderspin for the Church of England and the National Society for the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church. It is a red brick, single storey building, in the Tudor Revival style with a Welsh slate roof. In plan it is H-shaped, originally intend for the infants to be in the area on the right, the boys to the left, and the girls in the centre. There are stone tablets carved on each of the wings, the Royal coat of arms to the left, and the arms of Reverend George Uppleby to the right. A rear extension was added in 1935.[1]
History
The school was opened in 1844 and remains nearly complete. It is the only known survival of both a Wilderspin school and playground.[2]
When the school opened it superseded a smaller one ran by Isaac Pitman. When it opened it catered for over 100 infants aged 2–6 years old and is notable for its connection to Samuel Wilderspin who taught at the school alongside both his wife and daughter, and trained other teachers here. The school closed in 1978 and was first listed as a grade II building in September 1992.[1]
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