Sevington Victorian School
Sevington Victorian School, Sevington, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 7LD
Sevington Victorian School is in the heart of the Wiltshire Countryside, four miles from J17 on the M4 close to Chippenham, Castle Combe and Malmesbury. It is a tiny village school built in 1849 by Joseph Neeld for the children of workers on the Grittleton Estate. It has one school room attached to the school mistress's house and garden. It closed in 1913 when just three pupils remained and the school was then rented out as a private residence by the Neeld family.
In 1987 the existing resident moved out and a group of educationists and volunteers, with the permission of the Neeld family, restored the house and garden to what it would of looked like in the 1890s and the school was made into a resource to teach children through historical re-enactment about life in a Victorian School. Over the years, the schoolroom contents had remained mostly untouched, and most of the furniture and equipment in the schoolroom today were actually used by Miss Squire and her pupils.
The school is a registered charity and also welcomes visits from adult groups and holds Open Days on Sundays during the Summer. Visitors can experience and tour the authentic Victorian school room, school mistress's house, level access gardens and enjoy home made teas.
Timings & Tours
- Sunday 15 September:
- 1400-1700
Location & directions
Sevington Victorian School, Sevington, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 7LD
- Directions:
- Event will be signed from the A420 from Chippenham
- Contact on day:
- Jenny Jones
- Telephone number:
- +447798777777
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
Accessibility details
The entry path, slope to the school entrance and gardens are all weather, wheel chair accessible paths. However there are some steps into the school room and between the parlour and kitchen. The kitchen can be accessed through the garden. The upstairs of the school is out of bounds to visitors.
Additional information
Tours lasting 30 minutes in the school room with a Victorian school mistress will run throughout the afternoon and are limited to 18 people at a time. Visitors can self-tour the school house and gardens.
- Max no of people per tour:
- 18
- Est. tour duration:
- 0 hour(s) 30 minute(s)
