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The Grade II Listed Gibney Building, part of Lincoln College on Monks Road in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Designed in 1885 by architect George Sedger of London, contractors Cowen and Lansdown of Lincoln. It was built as the School of Science and Art, reorganised as the Municipal Technical Day School in 1901, and enlarged in 1906 and 1920.
Rear workshops added in 1892/3 by W Watkins who designed chemistry lab alterations in 1895, b1896. Extension on corner of Cathedral Street and Temple Street added in 1906/7, architects W Watkins and Son, with open recreational area roofed in used as gymnasium and assembly hall.
In 1928, renamed City School and in use until a new school was built in Skellingthorpe Road in the late 1960s. Occupied by Lincoln Archaeological Trust 1973-1976. Later the rear of the building was demolished, and new buildings erected. Lincolnshire College of Art and Design, now School of Art and Design (De Montfort University). Now part of Lincoln College.
In 2006 a new entrance lobby with disabled access ramp at the rear of the building were constructed. This operation revealed a brick wall mortared with bitumen below ground level.
Information Sources:
www.heritageconnectlincoln.com/character-area/lincoln-col...
britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101388694-gibney-building-at...
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The Grade II Listed Gibney Building, part of Lincoln College on Monks Road in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Designed in 1885 by architect George Sedger of London, contractors Cowen and Lansdown of Lincoln. It was built as the School of Science and Art, reorganised as the Municipal Technical Day School in 1901, and enlarged in 1906 and 1920.
Rear workshops added in 1892/3 by W Watkins who designed chemistry lab alterations in 1895, b1896. Extension on corner of Cathedral Street and Temple Street added in 1906/7, architects W Watkins and Son, with open recreational area roofed in used as gymnasium and assembly hall.
In 1928, renamed City School and in use until a new school was built in Skellingthorpe Road in the late 1960s. Occupied by Lincoln Archaeological Trust 1973-1976. Later the rear of the building was demolished, and new buildings erected. Lincolnshire College of Art and Design, now School of Art and Design (De Montfort University). Now part of Lincoln College.
In 2006 a new entrance lobby with disabled access ramp at the rear of the building were constructed. This operation revealed a brick wall mortared with bitumen below ground level.
Information Sources:
www.heritageconnectlincoln.com/character-area/lincoln-col...
britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101388694-gibney-building-at...