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Former Catholic school, Selbourne Place, Minehead

A school attached to the convent of St Louis was open by 1899 in a thatched building in Selbourne Place, adapted from an old malthouse. By 1901 it had been rebuilt by A. L. Cox of Minehead for 80 children with two classrooms, a recreation room, two playgrounds and cloakrooms. It provided for the orphans who lived in the convent but also took in day pupils aged 5 to 7. It was replaced in 1926.   

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University of London
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Former Catholic school, Selbourne Place, Minehead