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Egerton Street School, Chester

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OS grid reference
  
SJ 410 668

Reference no.
  
1375790

Architect
  
John Douglas

Designated
  
14 October 1991

Built for
  
Chester

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Location
  
Chester, Cheshire, England

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Egerton Street School is in Chester, Cheshire, England, and has fronts on Egerton Street, Albert Street and Crewe Street. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade listed building.

Contents

Today the building is used a private nursery school.

History

The school was designed jointly by John Douglas and W. T. Lockwood (son of Thomas Lockwood) for Chester City Council and built in 1909–10. Douglas' biographer Edward Hubbard comments that "the joint authorship is clearly obvious".

Architecture

The school is constructed in red brick with yellow terracotta dressings and it has a brown tile roof. It is in one or two storeys and has three shaped gables.

References

Egerton Street School, Chester Wikipedia