Building Name

Schools Beech Street Peel Green Eccles (Architectural Competition)

Date
1908
Street
Beech Street
District/Town
Peel Green, Eccles
County/Country
GMCA, England
Client
Borough of Eccles
Work
Architectural competition
Status
second premium

PEEL GREEN'S NEW SCHOOLS. Last night, at Eccles Town. Council meeting, it was resolved to build a school at Beech-street, Peel Green, for 800 scholars instead of 500, originally proposed. Competitive plans from twenty architects were received, and it was resolved to award the premiums as follow: 1, £30, Henry Lord, Deansgate, Manchester; 2, £20, Charles Clegg and Sons, Spring Gardens, Manchester; 3, £10, J. H. Fletcher, Deansgate, Manchester.[Manchester Courier 2 July 1908 page 12]

ECCLES - In a competition for mixed schools at Eccles for new mixed schools to accommodate 800 children in which twenty designs were received, those submitted by Mr Henry Ford (sic) FRIBA of Manchester have been placed first and those of Messrs Charles Clegg & Son of Manchester and Mr J H Fletcher second and third respectively [Building News 10 July 1908 Page 44]

Reference     Manchester Courier 2 July 1908 page 12
Reference    Building News 20 March 1908 Page 415
Reference    Building News 10 July 1908 Page 44