Monument record 1160/438 - Stimpson Avenue Lower School

Stimpson Avenue School was built 1893-4 by Charles Dorman with extensions in 1899 also by Dorman. It is constructed from brick and stone in a Jacobean style. Locally listed building.

{1} The Stimpson Avenue Lower School was built in 1894 and a foundation stone laid in the following year records Charles Dorman as the architect. Its original form was in the shape of a letter E, so that the three departments of the school - Boys, Girls and Infants had its own wing. Expansion followed in the successive 20 years, with six new classrooms and a cloakroom added in matching fabric, onto the eastern end of each of the three wings, in order to cope with a dramatic rise in pupil numbers. In the latter part of the 20th century, internal layouts and associated alterations to the fabric were made along eith several smaller extensions in order to provide more cloakroom, WCs and small offices.

<1> Thorne A.; Lean S., 2003, Stimpson Avenue School, Northampton: Photographic Survey, Building Recording and Desk-Based Assessment, P.1 (Report). SNN104511.

<2> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 471 (Book). SNN111989.

<3> West Northamptonshire Council, 2024, Local Heritage List, November 2024, p. 28 (Report). SNN116732.

Record last edited

Mar 5 2025 8:44AM