Information for record number MWA3260:
Crackley Hall School, formerly known as St Josephs Convent School, Kenilworth

Summary St Joseph's Convent School. The building, dating to the Imperial period, was originally called Crackley Hall, and was marked on the Ordnance Survey maps of 1886 and 1923. It became a school in 1945, and has since added a chapel. It is located east of Littleton Close.
What Is It?  
Type: School
Period: Imperial - Modern (1751 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Kenilworth
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 29 73
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 The main part of the convent was known as Crackley Hall - it appears as such on the 1886 and 1923 OS maps and its ground plans are in Warwick Record Office. However, nothing about its history or architecture seems to be known. In 1944 it was bought by the convent school which up until then had been housed in Stoneleigh Abbey and turned into a convent shcool for young ladies (opened in 1945).
2 Since then a new chapel has been built with various educational buildings and playing fields to accommodate 420 pupils.
3 Article gives a short history of St Joseph's convent school from the previous existence of the school from 1862 in Coventry to its change to Crackley Hall school in 2004. It covers the early period in Coventry, the move to Stoneleigh Abbey at the start of WWII, the purchase of Crackley Hall from Lord Kenilworth in 1944 to house the school, the transfer of the school from the Sisters of Mercy to lay trustees in 1991, and in 2001 the merger with Princethorpe College of which it became the Junior School. After WWII a house in the grounds called "The Gables" was bought for extra accommodation and a further building programme followed.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Map 1896
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1896
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Serial
Title: Kenilworth History 2011
Author/originator: Stevens N
Date: 2011
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Thompson D J
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3264
   
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SCHOOL * An establishment in which people, usually children, are taught. back
monument JUNIOR SCHOOL * A school attended by children between the ages of seven and eleven. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument ABBEY * A religious house governed by an abbot or abbess. Use with narrow terms of DOUBLE HOUSE, MONASTERY or NUNNERY. back
monument PLAYING FIELD * A field or piece of ground used for the playing of games and other activities. back
monument CONVENT SCHOOL * A school conducted by members of a convent. back
monument COLLEGE * An establishment, often forming part of a university, for higher or tertiary education. back
monument CHAPEL * A freestanding building, or a room or recess serving as a place of Christian worship in a church or other building. Use more specific type where known. back
monument RECORD OFFICE * A building where official archives are kept for public inspection. back

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