Egerton Street School, Chester Explained

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.

Today the building is used a private nursery school.^{[1] [2]}

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".^[3]

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.

See also

• Grade II listed buildings in Chester (north and west)
• List of non-ecclesiastical and non-residential works by John Douglas

External links

• Little Friends Nursery at the former school site

Notes and References

1. Web site: The History of Little Friends Day Nursery Chester . Littlefriendschester.co.uk . 2013-09-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130818010051/http://littlefriendschester.co.uk/aboutus.php . 2013-08-18 .
2. Web site: Welcome to Elmscot Day Nursery & Nursery School Chester . Elmscot Group . 17 June 2021.
3. Book: Hubbard, Edward . Edward Hubbard (architectural historian) . The Work of John Douglas . . 1991 . London . 204. 0-901657-16-6 .