The school canteen at Kells Secondary School, showing the serving hatches open

Date:
Nov 1951
Location:
Kells County Secondary School, High Road, Kells, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria
Reference:
JLP01/01/108/51
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

This Secondary Modern School at Kells in Whitehaven was designed by County Architect, John H Haughan, and was built by Laing using 1 1/4 million of the firm's Calsil bricks. Work on the site started in 1949 and the school was officially opened in 1951.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Volume: JLP01/01/108 Various different schools built in the Cumberland area; within the Series: JLP01/01 John Laing Photographic Collection Project Albums; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Canteen, Mid 20th Century Secondary School