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

The late 1920s saw the greatest interest in open-air schools: by 1929 there were 60schools accommodating 6,211 children. The LCC opened eight open-air schools between1927 and 1930, combining a group of pavilion classrooms (sometimes in a diamondformation) a rest shelter, and usually masonry ancillary buildings, often convertedfrom existing houses. At Holly Court, the rest and dining shelter and one of the nineclassrooms were built within a wooded portion of the site, as at Charlottenburg.An LCC open-air school with four classrooms and accommodating 130 children costapproximately £5,000 to build and £4,600 to maintain annually. 58Springwell House L B Wandsworth 1919 T B 3C , R , A dem.Stormont House L B Hackney 1919 T B 3C , A dem.Stowey House L B Lambeth 1920 DC 9C , R , A dem.Bow Road L B T. Hamlets 1922 ?DC 5C , ?R , ?A dem.Aspen House L B Lambeth 1925 DC 4 C , R , A grade IICoram’s Fields L B Camden DC 3C dem.Brent Knoll L B Lewisham 1927 DC 5C , R , A dem.Geere House L B T. Hamlets 1927 T B 2C , R unlistedHolly Court L B Westminster 1927 DC 7C , ?R dem.Nightingale House L B Southwark 1928 T B ?6C , R , A dem.Woodlands L B Lewisham c.1928 T B 4 C , R , A dem.Wood Lane L B Ham. & Ful. 1929 T B 4 C , R , A dem.Charlton Park L B Greenwich 1929 DC 4 C , R , A dem.Downham L B Lewisham 1930 DC 3C dem.Table 1: LCC open-air schools, 1918-44[Key: DC—delicate children, T B —tuberculous children;C—classrooms, R—rest and dining shelter, A—ancilliary accommodation]Fig 70: Interior of pavilion classroom at Aspen House (DP070356).© ENGLISH H ER I TAG E 43 - 20 0973