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Essendon Primary School, Hertfordshire: the hall

RIBA Ref No RIBA44178
Architect/DesignerHertfordshire County Council. Architects Department
Artist/PhotographerMaltby, John (1910-1980)
CountryUK: England
CityEssendon
Subject Date1948
Image Date1949
ViewExterior
StyleModern Movement
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceAP Box 540 Essendon (MAL11258)
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditArchitectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
SubjectPrefabrication ; Chimneys ; Schools ; Halls
NOTES: This village school replaced one that had been bombed and was built with the help of unrepatriated prisoners of war. Part of the Hertfordshire County Council pioneering school-building programme, it is one of its earliest schools to be completed after World War II. Bill Henderson and Dan Lacey were the job architects.
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