This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.
HUNSTANTON KINGS LYNN ROAD TF 64 SE 213/1/10001 Smithdon School inc. main block, water tower, workshops and kitchens.
II*
Secondary school. 1950-54. Alison and Peter Smithson.
Painted steel frame with buff sandlime brick infill. Flat roof. Windows originally of steel, without subframes, but now many of these have been changed to timber. 2 storeys, with single storeyed workshops and kitchens to north. Compact, almost symmetrical rectangular plan around two courtyards, with central double-height hall spanning two main ranges.
Classrooms fully glazed, with obscured panels below cill height. Ground floor of lower proportions then upper floor.
Steel framed water tower with steel tanks, between main block and attached kitchen, and brick chimney adjacent. An important building with innovative steelwork designed on the plastic theory.
R. Banham, New Brutalism; T. Dannatt, Modern Architecture in Britain.
Listing NGR: TF6786740573
This is part of the Series: IOE01/0272 IOE Records taken by Graham Brown; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England
© Graham Brown. Source: Historic England Archive
This photograph was taken for the Images of England project
Photographer: Brown, Graham
Rights Holder: Brown, Graham
Brick, Steel, 20th Century Metal Framed Building, Monument (By Form), Kitchen, Domestic, Water Tower, Water Supply And Drainage, Water Storage Site, Workshop, Industrial, Industrial Building, Secondary School, Education, School, Courtyard, Gardens Parks And Urban Spaces
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