the charities of the Old Grammar School and the Blue Cap School, by a directive of the Court of Chancery dated 22 March 1860. George Wilbraham endowed it with £500 from the Old Grammar School fund and Hungerford Crewe, the third Baron Crewe, with £200 from the Blue Cap School fund. Six charity pupils, nominated by Wilbraham and Lord Crewe, were educated for free. The new schoolhouse was built at Welsh Row Head, which at that date was the end of the street. In 1885, the school incorporated the grammar school of nearby Acton, founded in 1662, to become Nantwich and Acton Grammar School. At some point in the late 19th or early 20th century, the school started to admit girls. The town's population growth during the early 20th century rendered number 108 too small, and the combined school moved to a new, larger building at the end of Welsh Row in 1921. Description 108 Welsh Row is a large building of two storeys plus attics, in red brick with stone dressing and blue-brick decorative diapering under a slate roof. It is listed at grade II. It has a projecting central wing with two gables; the larger of the two gables has a bay window. There is an octagonal bell tower capped with a spirelet. The former schoolroom is lower than the headmaster's house and has three bays. All the windows are latticed with a lozenge pattern; the schoolroom windows have stone mullions and transoms. The two entrances to the front face have a pointed arched top. The building stood vacant in 1987, but has since been converted to residential use. Later history In 1928, a few years after the move to the larger building, Nantwich and Acton Grammar School had expanded to 250 pupils. It remained a grammar school until 1977, when it became comprehensive and was renamed Malbank School and Sixth Form College. See also Listed buildings in Nantwich References Sources Bavington G et al. Nantwich, Worleston & Wybunbury: A Portrait in Old Picture Postcards (Brampton Publications; 1987) () Hall J. A History of the Town and Parish of Nantwich, or Wich Malbank, in the County Palatine of Chester (2nd edn) (E. J. Morten; 1972) () Lake J. The Great Fire of Nantwich (Shiva Publishing; 1983) () Lamberton A, Gray R. Lost Houses in Nantwich (Landmark Publishing; 2005) () Whatley A. Nantwich in Old Picture Postcards: 1880–1930 (European