New School, Henshaw Street, Stretford

HENSHAW STREET SCHOOL, OLD TRAFFORD - This school, erected by the Stretford Education Authority, was completed and opened twelve months ago, and was the second Council school erected in Stretford. It was built to accommodate 600 scholars, 400 mixed boys and girls and 200 infants, and is now being extended to hold 600 mixed scholars and 200 infants. The classrooms are planned round a large and lofty central hall, with corridors for boys, girls' and infants' entrances branching off same. Adjoining each of the four entrances are the necessary cloakrooms and teachers' rooms, the latter assuring perfect supervision of the playgrounds. The school is ventilated by ceiling gratings, leading by tubing to large roof ventilators: the windows are also made with upper part as hinged fanlight. Efficient heating service is provided by the low‑pressure hot‑water system, with fresh‑air inlets behind all radiators. The buildings are lighted throughout by electricity. The elevations are faced with Accrington bricks and Yorkshire stone dressings, the roofs being covered with Welsh slates. The school and playgrounds are well‑drained, and the site, which provides good playground space, contains a caretaker's house. The contractor for the whole of the school premises was Mr S Warburton, of Manchester, who executed the work from the designs and under the superintendence of the architect, Ernest Woodhouse, FRIBA, Mosley Street, Manchester. [Building News 5 April 1907 page 487]

Reference    Manchester City News 18 June 1904 Page 4 (Tenders)
Reference    Manchester City News 2 July 1904 Page 8 (tenders)
Reference    Manchester Courier Saturday 25 June 1904 Page 3 (Contracts)
Reference    Manchester Guardian 25 June 1904 page 5 - contracts
Reference    Building News 1 July 1904 Page 33
Reference    British Architect 24 June 1904 Page viii - contracts open
Reference    Building News 5 April 1907 page 487 and illustration