Submitted 20/05/1899. New Board Schools. Lawrence Bright, Architect & Surveyor. Nottingham. (1)

A Board School designed by Lawrence Bright in 1899 and completed in 1900. A textbook example of a central hall plan. The simple massing is relived by a quite high level of decoration, with stone banding, shaped gables with roundels, and elaborate entrance porches. There is an Art Nouveau feel to the facades. Windows are mostly sashes, in mullioned and transomed surrounds under lintels with hoodmoulds. All rainwater good survive intact, as does the boundary wall with railings and gates. The interior is exceptionally intact, with original doors, partitions, and roof structure. Original parquet floor with heating grilles and radiators with scroll tops. (CNN Schools Survey 2004)(2)
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)

<1> Bright L, 20/05/1899, New Board Schools (DC/K 4/2) (Plan). SNT1721.

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 NCC, 2004, NCC Schools Survey (DR2817) (Unpublished document).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