St. Thomas’s Schools, Hankinson Street, Pendleton

PENDLETON - St. Thomas’s Schools, Hankinson street, Pendleton, have been opened for school work. The plan comprises girls’ schoolroom, 60 feet by 30 feet; little boys’ schoolroom, 43 feet by 24 feet; infants’ schoolroom, 35 feet by 19 feet; class-room, boiler-room, store-room for spare forms, etc.; three porches, latrines, etc. Attached is a good-sized master’s house. The walls are faced with stock bricks. The latrines are entered under cover from the schoolrooms, and have a constant current of air passing through them, securing thorough ventilation. The heads of the windows are filled with a floriated kind of stained glass, in three or four tints. The large schoolroom will be used for Sunday services, the little boys’ school forming a quasi-chancel. The accommodation is for about 430 day-scholars. The work has been carried out by the builder, Mr. James Birch, under the superintendence of the architects, Messrs. Medland and Henry Taylor, of Manchester. [Builder 27 April 1872 page 331]

Reference           Builder 27 April 1872 page 331