Building record 1160/57/3 - St. George's School buildings

{1} There are three remaining contemporary peripheral buildings. Two were covered play areas, the eastern of the two is the least altered and comprises brick walls to the north and west sides, and open sides to the south and east supported by plain cast iron pillars. Both of the south side corners are angled, an original feature, though the reason for this is unclear. The roof is made from simple machine sawn pine trusses and this is covered by Welsh slates with red clay ridge tiles. The floor is currently tarmac and the area is used as a covered car park. The position of the building suggests it served the eastern half of the boys and girls school. The second covered play area lies at the western end of the main school block, but this building has been significantly altered. The original building appears to have had a brick north, west and east walls with an open south side, again supported on cast iron pillars. These have been removed and the south side bricked in but the scars of their former positions can be seen on the underside of the wall plate. Contemporary with the blocking in of the south side is the construction of a new west wall which has created a small area for cycle storage. The roof is of a single pitch sloping to the south covered in Welsh slate, and the south-west corner of the building is angled. The building is currently used as a store for furniture and equipment. In between the two play areas is a third building divided into three separate rooms. The building has a single pitch roof of Welsh slate and each section has a door and small window. The doors were all locked and the windows boarded over meaning no access was possible as the keys to these rooms were unavailable. On the exterior of the west end of the building a white glazed niche with two integral holes which appear to house water pipes was built into the wall. Its purpose is unclear but it may have been used to wash boots and shoes. It is thought that these buildings are the original detached pupils toilet blocks though without access this cannot be proved, and no-one on the site had ever been in them. They are marked on the plan supplied by NCC simply as stores.

<1> Prentice J., 2005, Desk-Based Assessment and Building Recording Survey at St. George's School, Northampton, p.11 (unchecked) (Report). SNN105290.

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May 18 2010 1:18PM