Description

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BRIDGNORTH
BRIDGNORTH OLDBURY WELLS
SO 79 SW

823/1/10015 Oldbury Wells
School (West)

II

Secondary school, formerly secondary modern school for boys.
1958. Lyons, Israel and Ellis. Reinforced. concrete frame
with infill in brick, solid panels and glazing. Flat roof.
Two storeys. Main rectangular block of eleven bays with
smaller attached single storeyed kitchen projecting to the
east, of brick. Main block with expressed board-marked
concrete frame, standing proud of the facades. Bays six and
seven from south form the entrance, which is deeply recessed
behind the columns with a staircase projection, also well
behind the columns, to its right. Floor to ceiling glazing to
entrance hall. To left of entrance the concrete boiler house
chimney projects through the roof as an architectural feature,
and above the entrance the water tower also projects as an
architectural feature. Hall to left is of double-height, with
walls partly solid and partly of vertical strip windows.
Classrooms fully glazed with thick timber window mullions and
band at dado level.
Lyons, Israel, Ellis and Gray, ed A. Forsyth and D. Gray.

Listing NGR: SO7115892617

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26546116

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version