Jews’ School York Street (Cheetham Hill Road) Cheetham Manchester

INAUGURATION OF THE NEW JEWS SCHOOL, CHEETHAM HILL - The Manchester Jews School, Cheetham Hill Road (of which the corner stone was laid on 2 December Last by Mr Philip Lucas) has now been completed and opened for use. The school has been erected to the designs of Mr J E Gregan, architect, Cooper-street. It stands on the right side of York-street, near Lord-street, Cheetham Hill. It is an Italian building of brick, with white fire brick and stone dressings and has a square tower 45 feet high (towards New Bridge-street), the whole frontage being 48 feet. The principal entrance is in the centre of the front; and there is a smaller one at each end for the boys and girls respectively. On the ground floor is the boys’ school room, 29 feet by 20 feet, and beyond this a classroom 20 feet by 11 feet. Annexed to the large room is a small room or office for the use of the master. The girls school (above the boys) extends nearly the whole length of the building, and is 40 feet long by 20 feet broad. It has an open roof. This room will be used for meetings, tea parties etc in connection with the school. In the basement storey of the tower is a cloak room for the girls, on the first floor a girls class room and above a room for the school mistress. From Cheetham Hill Road the ground on which the school stands slopes considerably, and advantage has been taken of this circumstance to form, underneath the building, a covered playground 205 feet by 20 feet; in addition there are small playgrounds on each side.  ….. The report in the Manchester Guardian reported the proceedings at length. Gregan was on the platform for the inaugurations ceremony and at the dinner held at the Albion Hotel. [Manchester Guardian 24 May 1851 Page 8]

Reference    Manchester Times Wednesday 4 December 1850 page 6 – foundation stone
Reference    Manchester Courier Saturday 7 December 1850 page 10 – foundation stone
Reference    Manchester Guardian 24 May 1851 Page 8
Reference    Manchester Times 24 May 1851 page 6
Reference    Williams: The making of Manchester Jewry Page 181 and 204