Lansbury Lawrence School (formally Susan Lawrence School) is a primary school in the Lansbury Estate in the Poplar area of the

London Borough of Tower Hamlets The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London boroughs, London borough covering much of the traditional East End of London, East End. It was formed in 1965 from the merger of the former Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, metropol ...

. The school was designed by the architectural firm Yorke Rosenberg Mardall. It was built in 1949–1950 and was debuted in the 1951

Festival of Britain The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition and fair that reached millions of visitors throughout the United Kingdom in the summer of 1951. Historian Kenneth O. Morgan says the Festival was a "triumphant success" during which people: ...

as a showpiece of the "Live Architecture" exhibition. The school's foyer contains tiles by the renowned artist Peggy Angus. It was named after

Susan Lawrence Arabella Susan Lawrence (12 August 1871 – 24 October 1947) was a British Labour Party politician, one of the earliest female Labour MPs. Early life Lawrence was the youngest daughter of Nathaniel Tertius Lawrence, a wealthy solicitor, and ...

, an MP who had represented the area. The school is

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

. A plaque in the school grounds commemorates the 34 firefighters killed in the 1941 Old Palace School bombing.

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External links

Official website
Educational institutions established in 1951 Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets 1951 establishments in England Primary schools in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Community schools in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Poplar, London {{london-school-stub