Available for hire at very modest rates! For further details please contact Mr. Frank Gladden at:

Auster Lodge,  Kettlebaston, Ipswich, Suffolk. IP7 7QA.

Telephone 01449 740050

Please note that we are currently unable to offer disabled toilet facilities. We apologise to any potential hirers, and would add that this is entirely due to the outdated design of our washrooms. It is hoped that our facilities will be appropriately refurbished within the foreseeable future.

The building first opened on the 2nd May 1838 as the Village School, the first stone having been laid previously by Lady Pocklington. Mrs. Beachcroft (the Lady of the Manor) gave £10 towards the cost, also a grant of land valued at £10, and an annual subscription from herself and her nephew (Mr. T. Beachcroft of Wiston Hal1) of £2 towards the School. It closed in 1904.

Two related links to visit are:

The UK Schools History Site   and   Friends Reunited

Additional period photographs are available in the "Historical Items" page of the Millennium site, and pictures from more current events within the "Photo Galleries" section.

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