Greenside Primary School is a

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in Westville Road in

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, England.

Architecture

Greenside Primary School is a Grade II* listed building built in 1952 and designed by the internationally renowned architect

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. Greenside Primary School (along with

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) is one of the two only examples of pre-cast reinforced concrete frame with brick infill designed by Goldfinger after the Second World War with the objective of re-built schools in a functional, fast and economical manner. The building has a fine top lit mural by artist

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that was restored in 2014.

History

The school is on the site of a Victorian Board School, built in 1886 to accommodate 1,200 children and offer a ‘serviceable education at very low fees.’ The old school was bombed in 1944, but fortunately the children had already been evacuated. The current building was opened in 1952, originally named Westville Road School. In 1987 it was renamed Greenside School.

References

Bibliography

* Warburton, Nigel. ''Ernő Goldfinger: The Life of an Architect'' (Routledge, 2004) .

External links

Greenside Primary School official websiteHistoric England website

Gallery

Greenside Primary School Erno Goldfinger 01.jpg, View of the school Greenside Primary School Erno Goldfinger 02.jpg, Partial view of the mural by

Greenside Primary School Erno Goldfinger 03.jpg, Partial view of the mural by

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