Whitwood Mere Infants' School, Methley Road, Castleford, West Yorkshire: Historic Building Report
Author(s): RCHME
Whitwood Mere Infants' School, Castleford, was built in 1939-40 for the West Riding County Council to the designs by Oliver Hill. The design of the school is in the Modernist style, and it incorporates all the new technical and educational philosophies of the time. The single level plan makes the best use of the site by orientating the classrooms to the south, where they gain maximum light from full-width windows. A central corridor runs east to west through the school separating the classrooms from the more functional rooms, the assembly hall, lavatories, cloakrooms, staff room and medical room. At the east end a self-contained nursery school was provided. Hill's intention with this school was to provide a pleasant environment to stimulate their learning.
- Report Number:
- 90/1995
- Series:
- Other
- Pages:
- 15
