Junior School. Canal Street Castleton Rochdale
A new juniors' school, erected by the Rochdale Education Committee in Canal‑street, Castleton, was opened on Saturday. Il accommodates 300 children in six classrooms, and is provided with an assembly‑hall 56ft by 25ft The classroom floors are of concrete, to the face of which is cemented a thick covering of linoleum. This, it is claimed, is cleaner, healthier, and sweeter than wood‑block flooring, and is not likely to be cold to the feet. Lighting is by electricity, and heating by the low‑pressure hot‑water system. There are rooms for teachers, cloakrooms, and lavatory accommodation, and a large asphalted playground is provided. The cost has been about ,5,000, and the designer was Mr P. W. Hathaway, the borough architect of Rochdale. [Building News 7 August 1914 Page 200]
Reference Building News 7 August 1914 Page 200