SOUTHWOLD SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ART
In 1892 Arthur Smyth Flowers, a philanthropist, set up a wood-carving class run by master of carving class & art dealer, George Craven Voisey (c1844-5 February 1901) in Trinity Street, Southwold. The classes proved so popular that Arthur Flowers was inspired to provide a dedicated building and in 1894 the Southwold School of Industrial Art was formed in a purpose-designed building at 5 (now No 1) Park Lane paid for by Flowers. His idea was to help local fishermen learn a craft to help them provide for their families in the winter. Students provided their own tools and wood, and learn to make furniture, ornaments and picture frames and soon pupils were winning prizes and some even win awards at the Annual Exhibition of the Home Arts and Industries Association in the Royal Albert Hall and Princess Louise buys one of the pieces. The manager of Southwold School of Industrial Art was Mr Alfred Ernest Lane, but the school finally closed in 1916 as most students had left for the the First World War. After several changes of ownernship and businesses the property was converted into a private residence in the 1970s.
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