Harrow County School for Girls, sometimes called Harrow County Grammar School for Girls, was a

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located in Lowlands Road in Harrow, now part of

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but in

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at the time of construction. It was established in 1914. It closed in 1975 when the London Borough of Harrow adopted a comprehensive system of education. The site was then used by Lowlands Sixth Form College, later becoming Greenhill College and since 1999 Harrow College.

Architecture

The architects of

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favoured a historicist style for schools, and the original building is described in

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's '' Buildings of England'' as being in 'minimal Queen Anne style'.

Facilities

In 1972 the ''

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'' carried a report on educational reorganisation in Harrow which noted that the school had four laboratories compared to eight at Harrow County School for Boys.

Former students

Notable ex-pupils of the school include: *

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, politician *

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, astrophysicist * Lucy Oldfield, chemist

References

{{authority control Defunct grammar schools in England Educational institutions established in 1914 Girls' schools in London Defunct schools in the London Borough of Harrow 1914 establishments in England