York College for Girls

Grade II* listed building in York, England

53°57′40″N 1°04′53″W / 53.960992°N 1.081264°W / 53.960992; -1.081264Builtc.1725 (299 years ago) (1725)

Designated14 June 1954Reference no.1257410

Shown in England

York College for Girls was a girls' school in York, England, founded in 1908 and closed in 1997.^[1]

The school was founded by the Church Schools Company (later the United Church Schools Trust) and opened with twelve pupils on 24 January 1908 in Low Petergate, York, in a building dating to around 1725.^[2] By 1997, the school had about 200 pupils and was in the same buildings with later extensions.

In 1996, there were reports of a "cash crisis"^[3] and the school closed in 1997.^[4]

The buildings are grade II* listed,^[2]^[5] and after the school closed they became the home of the restaurant La Vecchia Scuola ("the old school" in Italian),^[6] which is still in operation.

Former pupils

Notable former pupils include:

Dame Janet Baker (born 1933), singer
Mary Isolen Fergusson (1914–1997), civil engineer
Delia Jarrett-Macauley, writer, academic and broadcaster^[7]
Claudia Lawrence (born 1974), long term missing person
Margaret Mann Phillips (1906–1987), historian

References

^ "York College for Girls". York Civic Trust. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b Historic England. "York College for Girls, 62 Low Petergate (1257410)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
^ Lewis, Stephen (14 June 2010). "York College For Girls in Low Petergate". York Press. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
^ "History". York College Old Girls Association. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
^ Historic England. "York College for Girls, 64 and 66 Low Petergate (1257411)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
^ "About – La Vecchia Scuola – Italian Restaurant". Retrieved 25 February 2023.
^ "Delia Jarrette-Macauley" [sic], EBSCOhost Connection.