2-791-294 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Free Grammar School, Newport, Isle of Wight, 1844. 'This ancient building is celebrated for its association with the fortunes of Charles I. during that ill-fated Sovereign's sojourn in the Isle of Wight. It is still used as a school-house, and is exteriorly built of the soft freestone found in the island, shaped into rough resemblance of bricks; but, at the angles of the building, the stones are neatly squared: parts of the stacks of chimneys shown in the engraving are built of brick'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.