CLASP Mark 5 'Lower School' building built in 1975-1976 to the designs of Michael Tempest and Roger Bearsmore of Nottinghamshire County Council Architects’ Department. Pin jointed light steel frame with concrete panels faced in brown brick chippings. Metal roof decks with felt roof covering. The CLASP system was a system of prefabrication poineer by Nottinghamshire County Council. As the first building system consciously designed for building on ground liable to movement, it represented an engineering breakthrough that influenced architecture not just in Britain but internationally. The unusual formal quality of the elevations show CLASP Mark V at its best. Two-storey building with the distinctive innovation of a central space occupying a mezzanine area which connects spatially and functionally to all other areas of the building. The plan form has survived with very little alteration, and the like-for-like replacement of the doors and windows has preserved the original architectural character of the building. CLASP stands for the 'Consortium of Local Authorities Special Programme' (1).

<1> Historic England, 2018, Chilwell Lower School, Queens Road West, Beeston, Nottinghamshire : Listing Advice Report (Unpublished document). SNT5027.