Essendon School is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1993. School. 5 related planning applications.

Essendon School

WRENN ID
keen-jamb-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1993
Type
School
Source
Historic England listing

Description

The following building shall be added to the list:-

SCHOOL LANE

ESSENDON

TL 20 NE

77/9/10002 Essendon School II

Primary school. 1947. Hertfordshire County Council. Steel frame with horizontal precast concrete panels on Hills 8' 3" system as reformed by Hertfordshire County Council. Low pitched roof to hall; flat roofs to classrooms. Tall hall block, with a pair of lower single storey junior classrooms attached and, stepped back and separated by lower entrance link, the infants' classroom block. All arranged along a slight ridge with classrooms overlooking valley. Hall mostly solid walled, with inset 5-bay strip of tall windows at first floor level; brick podium, recessed behind steel columns. Prominent circular concrete chimney to end. Classrooms almost fully glazed to view with three bays of glazing per classroom. Metal window frames. Overhanging eaves "cornice". The first school built on the Hills 8' 3" system as reformed by Hertfordshire.

A. Saint Towards a Social Architecture.

Listing NGR: TL2776608622

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