When was gosport high street pedestrianised

Description Pedestrianised area running from Gosport High Street - geograph. English: Pedestrianised area running from Gosport High Street. From geograph. Basher Eyre. Attribution required by the license. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap. Attribution: Basher Eyre. You are free: to share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix — to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.

You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. In , the area previously occupied by the library became the Borough Museum and this remained until the creation of the Discovery Centre in , when it became a Local Studies Centre. At the beginning of the s, the part of the building that was formerly the school was restored to highlight many of the original features.

Throughout its history, the building has always been used for education and culture. This will continue with the redevelopment of the building in and the planned opening of Gosport Museum and Art Gallery in If you have enjoyed Culture on Call and you are able to make a donation , please click the link below. Any support you can give will help us keep communities connected to culture in these difficult times.

Gosport Museum and Art Gallery. The turret, which used to house the school caretaker's flat In , the building was extended to include a corridor, staircase, additional toilets, cloakroom and a school hall. A classroom in After WWII, with the population of Gosport booming, there were more than pupils attending the school. Donate Now Hampshire Cultural Trust.

We welcome over , visitors to our venues each year and also work with over 2, people annually who are vulnerable or who otherwi…. This article was written by:. Share this article:. Show Comment. You've successfully subscribed to Culture on Call. The fountain is a column of highly polished red and gray granite with two basins, one midway and the other at the nave.

An inscription below the basin states Erected by Admiral R. Gambier and E. September The purpose in erecting the fountain at the ferry gardens was to benefit all who frequented the hard but more especially for those who in their vocation constantly waited for hours every day. When presenting the fountain to the town Admiral Gambier expressed his trust that:. It originally stood at the harbour end of the High Street.

It was later relocated to stand inside the Ferry Gardens where it was used for many years. When the High Street was pedestrianised in the fountain was placed at the ferry end. It is no longer functioning as a fountain.