NOTES: C. H. Aslin was County Architect for Hertfordshire from 1945 to 1958 and a pioneer of twentieth century prefabricated design. This school, part of the Hertfordshire County Council school-building programme which he headed, was constructed using the unit planning system.
NOTES: C. H. Aslin was County Architect for Hertfordshire from 1945 to 1958 and a pioneer of twentieth century prefabricated design. This school, part of the Hertfordshire County Council school-building programme which he headed, was constructed using the unit planning system.
NOTES: William Orchard was responsible for the vault while Richard Winchcombe, one of the master masons, was probably the designer of the building. The door on the right was added in 1669.
NOTES: The Grammar School was originally the guildhall of the Gild of the Holy Cross, the ruling body of Stratford to the time of the Dissolution. The ground floor was the guildhall proper while the Over Hall became the town's school room. King Edward VI, having suppressed the Gild, entrusted the guild's school to the town corporation in 1553 after which it was known as Edward VI Grammar School. It is generally believed that William Shakespeare was educated in this room.
NOTES: Designed in 1903-1906 for a school roll of 1250 pupils, this school closed in 1979 with a school roll of only 100 pupils. It eventually underwent major restoration under the direction of Strathclyde. Architectural & Related Services Department during the 1990s and reopened in 2001 as the Scotland Street School Museum which demonstrates what school life was like in the 1900s.
NOTES: Designed in 1903-1906 for a school roll of 1250 pupils, this school closed in 1979 with a school roll of only 100 pupils. It eventually underwent major restoration under the direction of Strathclyde. Architectural & Related Services Department during the 1990s and reopened in 2001 as the Scotland Street School Museum which demonstrates what school life was like in the 1900s.