2022

SD4364 : Former Art and Technical College

taken 3 years ago, near to Morecambe, Lancashire, England

Former Art and Technical College
Former Art and Technical College

The Grade II listed building LinkExternal link was designed by Henry Littler in the Baroque style using glazed red Accrington brick with cream stone dressings, with a Lakeland slate roof. The main entrance front (south-east) onto Poulton Road has a shallow flight of steps leading to a porch with a round-headed arch opening with ashlar Gibbs surround, stone and brick banding to the sides, and balcony above with iron railings. It opened 2nd October 1912 as the Art and Technical School and functioned as this until the outbreak of World War One when it was commandeered by the local military. It returned to civilian use in 1919, when the basement and ground floor became a Grammar School. The school gradually took over the whole building and remained there until a new school was built in 1938. The college then reverted to providing further education and at some point was transferred to the ownership of Lancaster & Morecambe College of Further Education. In 2006 it was converted into a 22-apartment block known as Cinnabar House.

On the roof is a weather vane, known as the Galleon of Knowledge.

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Geographical Context: Housing, Dwellings Educational sites Place: Poulton-Le-Sands Person: Henry Littler Style: Baroque Roofing Material: Slate Date: 1912 1919 1938 2006 Former: Grammar School College Housing: Apartments other tags: Grade II Listed Accrington Brick Former Technical School Former School of Art Weathervane Weather Vane Converted Apartments Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Grade 2 Listed [32] · Cinnabar House [8] · Technical and Arts School [5] Other Photos: · Galleon of Knowledge weather vane ·
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SD4364, 584 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Gerald England   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 1 April, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 10 April, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 4373 6443 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:4.3627N 2:51.6847W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SD 4374 6443
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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