inner–london schools 1918–44 a thematic study - English Heritage

The secondary schoolCase studies:• Eltham Hill Secondary School for Girls, L B Greenwich. LCC AD, job architect Chevalier WorbyBeaumont (1875-1933), 1925-27; unlisted. 13• The Roan School (Upper School), Maze Hill, L B Greenwich. Sir Banister Flight Fletcher (1866-1953) and Percy Boothroyd Dannatt (1879-1968), 1926-28; grade II.• Honor Oak School for Girls, Homestall Road, L B Southwark. LCC AD, 1930-31; unlisted.• Burlington Secondary School for Girls, Wood Lane, L B Hammersmith and Fulham. BurnetTait & Lorne, 1935-36; grade II.The courtyard plan remained the most common type for both maintained and nonprovidedsecondary schools, aided by its scholarly connotations of cloister and Oxbridgequadrangle (see Appendix 4). Quadrangular layouts encouraged single banking, withoutward-facing classrooms overlooking playing fields and circulation along each range ofthe quad, sometimes via covered ways. The entrance, and communal functions such asthe assembly hall, kitchens and library (commonly situated about the central entrance, asat the Roan school), were disposed along the central axis. The LCC AD chose quadrangleplans for the Wandsworth County School (L B Wandsworth, 1927), the Henry Thorntonschool (L B Lambeth, 1929; dem.), Honor Oak School for Girls (L B Southwark, 1930-31)and the Dalston County Secondary School (L B Hackney, 1939; dem.).Fig 57: Eltham Hill Seconadary School for Girls, L B Greenwich (LCC AD, 1925-27).(L M A : SC /PHL /02/0271-28; City of London, London Metropolitan Archives).© ENGLISH H ER I TAG E 43 - 20 0960