West Dean School Buildings (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 17:52 (4079 days ago) @ downunder

No probs DownUnder, you are of course excused, I was born and lived 20 years in the Eastern Forest yet my knowledge of Bream locality is poor to put it mildly (or anyhting else west of Coleford!). In fact I'm not sure I even went to Bream til I bought a Vauxhall (GM-Holden) car after moving away and found to my surprise there was a dealership hidden away in "sleepy little" Bream, rather than say Gloster or Chepstow. It's name rather summed up this excellent little garage's location, "Maypole".

Re the Schools, I wonder how this ex-school building in Bream fits into the equation, found by searching "West Dean" and ignoring the many Sussex & Wiltshire hits. Is this one of those you quote, perhaps your ancestors went there, hopefully Slowhands can please enlighten us ?
http://www.grcc.org.uk/village-hall-database/village-hall/west-dean-centre

Finally, a general question re school buildings. The building shown is a close replica of others in the area, high roof and large arched windows etc. Was this presumably-standardised layout common throughout the UK, or just the West Country ?