The Bluecoat - Handmade ceramic ornament

A ceramic ornament to commemorate the construction of the Bluecoat, in 1717. 

This handcrafted ceramic ornament is made in the UK and comes beautifully presented in a screen-printed gift box, printed here at the Bluecoat Print Studios. The ornament makes the perfect gift for a Bluecoat visitor, or alumni, and architecture or history lover.

'In 1708, rector of Liverpool, Reverend Robert Styth, and master mariner Bryan Blundell founded the Liverpool Blue Coat School for orphaned children. They built a modest building next to the site of the present Bluecoat building. Blundell, the school’s principal benefactor, raised funds for a larger building and in 1715 A brick kiln was set up on the current site, a foundation stone laid in 1716, and two years later the first 50 boarders moved in. The school was dedicated to ‘to the promotion of Christian charity and instilling in poor children the principles of the Anglican Church, in the year 1717’ as indicated in the Latin inscription above its entrance.'