Sharston National Schools, Northenden

NORTHENDEN NATIONAL SCHOOLS - Yesterday, Mr T. W. Tatton, of Wythenshawe, laid the foundation stone of the new National Schools, Northenden, on a plot land about a mile from the village. …. The new schools are being built upon the site of the old one, at meeting of the roads from Altrincham, Cheadle, and Northenden. There will be accommodation for 154 boys. There will two schoolrooms, one 39 feet long 20 feet wide, and the other 30 feet long and 20 feet wide; with a class room common to both. There are separate entrances, play grounds, porches, lavatories for the girls and boys. There will be a third porch to the school for visitors, with doors communicating with both the schoolrooms. At the east end will be a very convenient and well-arranged house for the master. The style of the building, —which will be built of brick of two colours, with moulded bricks in arches; strings, cornices,etc.—is Tudor, and will harmonise with the style of the parish church, and also with that at Cheadle. There will be one rose window and several others with traceried heads of various patterns, and all the windows will of white stone, to afford a contrast to the red brick which surrounds them. There will not, of course, be much elaborate ornament about the building, but the general arrangement will so disposed to produce a picturesque effect. The total cost will £1,213. The architect is Mr. J. Medland Taylor. [Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, Thursday 17 September 1868, Page 5]

SHARSTON - The foundation-stone of the new national schools at Sharston, in the parish of Northenden, has been laid. The new schools are being built upon the site of the old one, at the meeting of the three roads from Altrincham Cheadle, and Northenden. The accommodation is for 154 children, boys and girls—the infants’ school being near to the church, in the village of Northenden, and more than a mile distant There are two school rooms, one 39 ft. by 20 ft. and the other 30 ft. by 20 ft., with a class-room common to both. There are separate entrances play-grounds, porches, lavatories, and conveniences, for the girls and boys respectively. There is a third porch to the schools, for visitors, with doors communicating with both girls’ and boys’ rooms. At the eastern extremity of the group is the master’s house, with the usual complement of six rooms, and a cellar and pantry besides The walls are being built of brick, of two colours with moulded bricks in arches, strings, cornices etc. The windows are all of white stone, contrasting with the framework of red brick which surrounds them. There will be one rose window and several others with traceried heads of various patterns. The style is Tudor, harmonizing with the parish church. The contract has been taker for £1,213 by Mr. Joseph Dawes, of Cheadle. The architects are Messrs. J. Medland Taylor and Henry Taylor, of Manchester. [Builder 26 September 1868 page 718]

By 1910 the schools had closed, the building being converted into Sharston Tea Rooms.

Reference        Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 17 September 1868, Page 5
Reference        Builder 26 September 1868 page 718