New Schools in connection with St Peter's Church Stockport

SCHOOL BUILDINGS, STOCKPORT —On the nth inst. the memorial stone was laid of St. Peter's New School, Stockport. The building will have a frontage to the square and a side elevation to St. Peter's- gate. Three pedimental gablets are shown on the front elevation, and are surmounted with moulded finials. The side elevation facing the Post-office will have two gables similarly treated, having large semi-circular windows in each. Provision is made for four class-rooms averaging in size about 520 square feet to each room. They are lighted by square-headed windows. The accommodation com- prises a schoolroom, teachers' retiring-room, lavatories, cloak-rooms, &c. The kitchen is to be fitted with a range and working bench. The walls of all class-rooms and large schoolroom are to be faced four feet high witli glazed bricks. The internal joinery work will be executed in selected yellow pine. The ventilation has, we understand, been carefully considered. Messrs. Peace & Norquoy's folding partitions will be used to divide every class- room throughout from the schoolroom. The fourth class-room is raised three feet above the general ground floor level, and will form a proscenium for concert and dramatic performances. The space thus obtained will seat about 500 persons. Externally the building will be faced to the height of the window- siils with a local red stock brick finishing. Above this the building will be treated with chequer bricks. Ten a-cotta will also be used. Fixed about half-way up the small gable to the cloak-room there will be a terra-cotta niche, with a canopy, enclosing a modelled figure of the patron saint —SL Peter. The figure has been modelled in the Ruabon clay. The roof will be composed of a Velinhelli Welsh blue slate, furnished with a red ridge. The contract for the whole of the work has been entrusted to Messrs. T. & W. Meadows, of Heaton Norris, Mr. Thomas Reid doing the plastering, and Messrs Hamnett & Son the painting. The architects, from whose designs and under whose superintendence the work is being carried out, are Messrs Woodhouse & Willoughby, of Manchester and Stockport. The design was selected by the managers, aided by aided by a professional referee, in a limited competition. [The Builder 25 November 1893 page 396]

New Schools in connection with St Peter's Church Stockport were opened on the 21st inst. Messrs Woodhouse & Willoughby of Manchester designed the buildings which have been built by Messrs T & W Meadows. The estimated total cost has been between £3000 and £4000. The schools are fitted in respect of several of the larger apartments with the patent folding shutters of Messrs Peace and Norquoy of Manchester. [British Architect 3 August 1894 Page 89]

St Peter’s Church of England Schools, St Peter’s Gate Stockport formally opened by the Bishop of Chester on Saturday have cost between £3,000 and £4,000; the building contract having been let at £2,275 to Messrs T and W Meadows of Heaton Norris. Messrs Woodhouse and Willoughby of this city are the architects. In a terra cotta niche above the main entrance is a statue of St Peter, 3 feet 9 inches high, modelled in Ruabon clay. [Manchester Guardian 24 July 1894 page 12].

SCHOOLS, STOCKPORT - The new schools which have been erected in connexion with St. Peter’s Church, Stockport, were opened on the 21st ult by the Bishop of Chester. The plans of the building were prepared by Messrs. Woodhouse & Willoughby, of Stockport, and the contract was placed in the hands of Messrs. T. & W. Meadows. The window sills and copings of the buildings are of Ruabon terra-cotta brick, while in a terra-cotta niche, just over the main entrance, will stand, covered by a canopy, a statue of St. Peter, modelled in Ruabon clay by Mr. George Holden, of Manchester. One side of the large schoolroom may be divided into three class-rooms by means of folding shutters, the patent of Messrs. Peace & Norquoy, of Manchester. Mr. Kelsall has acted as clerk of the works. The school is a mixed one, but there will be separate entrances for girls and boys, and two separate play-grounds paved with asphalte. The boys' entrance will face the post-office, the girls will enter by way of Hopper street. In the basement of the building is a kitchen. There are other rooms, managers' committee-room, store-room, &c. The healing apparatus, on the hot-water system, was supplied by Mr. Isaac Beeley, of Hazel Grove. [Builder 4 August 1894 page 85].

Reference        Builder 25 November 1893 page 396
Reference        British Architect 3 August 1894 Page 89
Reference        Building News 3 August 1894 page 162
Reference        Manchester Guardian 24 July 1894 page 12
Reference        Builder 4 August 1894 page 85