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Bousfield Primary School, South Bolton Gardens, Old Brompton Road, Kensington, London: the spherical water tank painted bright yellow
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NOTES: This largely prefabricated school was designed on a modular basis by Chamberlin Powell & Bon in 1954-1956 for the London County Council.
Bousfield Primary School, South Bolton Gardens, Old Brompton Road, Kensington, London: the spherical water tank painted bright yellow
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NOTES: This largely prefabricated school was designed on a modular basis by Chamberlin Powell & Bon in 1954-1956 for the London County Council.
Secondary school for boys off Trinity Road, Wandsworth, London: the library and covered play space on the left and the gymnasium and water tower on the right
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NOTES: Built on the playing fields of the Royal Victoria Patriotic School, this secondary school for 850 boys was limited to two storeys in order not to compete with the adjacent 11-storey point blocks of the London County Council Fitzhugh Housing Estate.
Secondary modern school at Victoria Road (now Queensmead School), Ruislip, London: the gymnasium seen from a covered play area on the west side of the main block
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NOTES: Located adjacent to Northolt Aerodrome, the planning and structure of this mixed secondary school necessitated that all the windows and roof lights were double glazed and that a simple system of air conditioning was introduced.
David Brown laboratories, University of York: the water tower
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NOTES: The University of York was founded in 1963 and work on its campus facilities in the grounds of Heslington Hall was begun in 1964. The first two colleges, Langwith and Derwent, accepted residential students for the autumn term of 1965. The original buildings were designed by Sir Andrew Derbyshire of Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall & Partners, and assembled using the CLASP system of prefabricated construction.
David Brown Laboratories, University of York: the flluestack and water tower rising above the laboratory blocks
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NOTES: The University of York was founded in 1963 and work on its campus facilities in the grounds of Heslington Hall was begun in 1964. The first two colleges, Langwith and Derwent, accepted residential students for the autumn term of 1965. The original buildings were designed by Sir Andrew Derbyshire of Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall & Partners, and assembled using the CLASP system of prefabricated construction.
House in the Clouds, Thorpeness, Suffolk
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NOTES: This structure was built in 1923 as a water tower to supply Thorpeness village with the fanciful exterior to disguise its utilitarian function. There is living accommodation around the tower below the water tank (which is no longer used).