Status Complete Renovated 1978/9 Architectural style Victorian architecture | Type Victorian School Renovating firm Rackham Construction Renovation cost 528,000 GBP | |
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Former names Hermitage school for boys, girls, and infants
Hermitage school for boys, girls
Saint Ann's Junior Mixed School Address 1a Avenue Road, London, N15 | ||
Fowler Newsam Hall is a Grade II listed group of Victorian school buildings. Originally the Saint Ann's Junior Mixed School, they become dilapidated during the nineteen sixties. They were refurbished by Rackham Construction in 1978/9 and reopened on 1 July 1979. The charity set up in 1966 to raise funds for this purpose was closed in 2013.
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Map of Fowler Newsam Hall, West Green, London, UK
Fowler Newsam, a wealthy business man who lived near the site, was the primary benefactor of both St Ann's Church opposite the hall on Avenue Road and the school itself.
Architecture
...a 19th brick building with three gables of varying width. A recessed entrance has a pointed arched doorway with a bell tower.
History
The school opened in 1858 as the Hermitage school for boys, girls, and infants. Following the establishment of a new boys' school and then and infants' school this building became a girls' school in 1871.
Current use
The hall is today used for a variety of community purposes including a school of dance and the Fowler Newsham Hall Counselling Project.