Girls' High School, Burton-on-Trent (Architectural Competition)

BURTON-ON-TRENT GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION - This design consists in the main of a two-storeyed structure enclosing that portion of the site which is suitable for building purposes on its north, south, and east boundaries. The front block, facing east, contains the centrally placed principal entrance whence direct access is obtained to the assembly hall and other rooms intended for administrative purposes placed upon the ground floor. As to the school entrances, that for the junior school is placed in the south block at the extreme end of the main corridor of the front building, and that for the seniors in a corresponding position in the north block. The cloak-rooms, lavatories, and changing rooms are readily accessible from the entrances. Provision is made on the ground and first floors of the south and east blocks of buildings for sixteen class-rooms, each planned for thirty pupils, of which five are grouped together on the ground floor upon the sunniest side of the site to form the junior school. The art and science rooms are upon the first floor, and the gymnasium on the ground floor of the north block. In order to provide efficient cross ventilation to the class-rooms, the corridors, wherever possible, are treated as open arcades, but if preferred the openings could be filled in with windows in the usual way. The architects are A. W. S. Cross, M.A., FRIBA, and K. M. B. Cross, M.A. [Architect 16 September 1921 page160]