Built 1898. The architect here was Albert N. Bromley. Rainwater hoppers dated 1897. (1)

A Board School opened in 1898, designed by Albert Bromley. In the Queen Anne style, the façade is enlivened by buttresses and dormers with shaped gables. The original glazing bar sashes survive beneath flat arches; original rainwater goods also survive. The master’s house has been much extended (probably in the 1930s) to form a nursery, a covered playground also survives. The roof has an ornate fleche, but the chimneys have been capped. (NCC School Survey 2004)(2)

Two-storey brick-built school with two separate buildings now joined with a modern entrance between the two. The five-bay NE range faces Nether Street with an impressive asymmetrical frontage. One gabled bay is located centrally with matching bay to the NE, these are flanked by bays with decorative eaves and gablet dormers. A fifth bay with gablet is located to the SW. Impressive brick pilasters run the full height of the building dividing the large elongated multi-pane windows which have moulded frames. The gables and gablet dormers are all coped in stone and stone dressings sit on the top of the pilasters. Window openings all have rubbed-brick headers. Plinth with brick band above. Stone band under first floor windows. The SW range is a single-storey four-bay version of the main building this time with a symmetrical façade. (3)

A Board School - Board Schools (1870 to 1903). All Board schools were built as a result of the 1870 Education Act. They form part of the very first phase of large-scale country wide investment in educational services. This was a momentous point in the history of the country as well as the county that marked the beginning of the compulsory education system. Board school buildings are generally of good architectural quality for the time and have a distinct appearance that is readily associated with both heritage and the education system of the county. They are often in highly focal locations that may contribute to the local townscape and sense of place. In Nottinghamshire they were designed by a variety of architects. The pre-eminent architects are unlikely to have produced more than one or two schools so it should be assumed, until otherwise proven, that each one is unique. (2)

See M8999 for Bromley's earlier church school in Hucknall.

<1> Beeston School Board, Beeston School Board Minutes (archive ref. SB5-1), p 144 (Unpublished document). SNT1678.

<2> NCC, 2004, NCC Schools Survey (DR2817) (Unpublished document). SNT5343.

<3> J Buckley (NCC), Observations by Janine Buckley MA (NCC) (Personal comment). SNT5239.