Council School Moss Lane Platt Bridge Hindley

PLATT BRIDGE. - The new Moss Lane Council School is opened to‑day. The arrangement of the schools is on the pavilion principle, the central hall being placed in the centre, with the classrooms radiating therefrom. No classroom has direct access to the central hall. The exterior has been kept severely plain, as, apart from the site suggesting a plain structure, it was considered wise by the committee, in place of useless external ornament, to have an up‑to‑date interior, with the latest and best sanitary and other fittings. The buildings are faced with "grey" bricks, relieved with red quoins, string courses, and bases. The roofs are covered with slates, and the stonework throughout is red sandstone. The central hall is a lofty and well‑proportioned room 40 ft. long and 22 ft. 6 in. wide. The school is divided into two departmentsCmixed and infants. The mixed department provides accommodation for 250 children, and contains five classrooms - one for 60, three for 50, and one for 40 children. The infants' department provides accommodation for 200 children. The department contains four classrooms - one for 50, two for 50, and one for 40  children. In addition, there are head teachers' rooms on the ground floor, and on the upper floor two assistant teachers' rooms, store rooms, and lavatory accommodation, Messrs. Massey Bros., of Enfield Street. Wigan, were the contractors, their sub‑contractors for the work being :Cmasonry. Mr. K, Orrell ; plumbing, Mr. E. Poppleston; plastering, Messrs. W. and I. Moorby; decorating. Messrs. Dawber and Cheetham. Mr A. Platt, of Hindley. acted as clerk of works. The schools, the builder's contract for which amounted to ,6,050, have been erected from plans and quantities prepared by Mr. Herbert Wade, of Birley Street. Blackpool, who, a few years ago, designed the Argyle Street Schools for the council. [Building News 18 August 1915 Page 194]

Reference    Building News 18 August 1915 Page 194
Reference    Building News  1 September 1915 Page 252
Reference    British Architect 27 August 1915 p 99 - opening