Heybrook Board School, Rochdale

ROCHDALE - New board schools are about to be built at Haybrook, Rochdale, from plans supplied by Mr Townend, architect, of Rochdale, [Building News 27 January 1899 Page 126]

ROCHDALE. The school buildings, which have been erected at Heybrook, by the Rochdale School Board, were opened on Saturday. The schools have been built at a cost of £18,000. They are in three departments, and accommodation is provided for 1,120 scholars, divided as follows:  Infants, 260: junior mixed scholars, 300; and senior mixed scholars, 560. The buildings are of two stories, with a frontage of 195ft. to Park road. The length of the buildings in the rear is 215feet. The infants' and junior mixed departments are on the ground floor, the senior scholars occupying the whole of the upper portion of the school. A special feature is that the upper rooms are reached, in place of the usual staircases, by inclined way, having a gradient of one in eight. A central hall is provided for each of the departments on the ground floor, with classrooms. Above there is one large central hall, with classrooms on three sides. Provision is made for the teaching of cookery and drawing in special apartments. Electric light is employed throughout. Facilities are provided for increasing the accommodation so that 110 additional scholars may be taken in. The plans have been prepared by Mr T. Townend, and the principal contractors are Messrs W. A. Peters and Sons, all of Rochdale.

Reference    Builder 5 November 1898 Page 418 Contracts
Reference    Building News 27 January 1899 Page 126
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