Building Name
Council Schools, Bazley Road, Northenden, Cheshire
Date
1908 - 1910
Street
Bazley Road
District/Town
Northenden, Manchester
County/Country
GMCA, England
Partnership
Client
Sale and Ashton on Mersey Sub-Committee for Education, Cheshire CC
Work
New Build
Contractor
Gerrards, Swinton
A new Council School in Bazley Road, Northenden, Cheshire, was opened on Monday. It provides room for 400 scholars and in addition to the normal subjects, accommodation has been made for instruction in science, handicrafts, laundry work, cookery and housewifery. There is also a garden for nature study. The buildings were designed by Messrs Mangnall and Littlewood, Manchester, and built by Messrs Gerrards, Swinton. [Building News 26 August 1910 page 313]
Reference Building News 7 August 1908 Page 185
Reference Manchester Guardian 4 February 1909 page 1 – contracts
Reference British Architect 2 April 1909 Page ix - tenders
Reference Building News 26 August 1910 page 313