Building Name

Birkenhead School, Shrewsbury Road, Birkenhead

Date
1871
District/Town
Birkenhead
County/Country
Merseyside, England
Architect
Work
Completion

Completed by Scott after death of Lacy in 1871.

Birkenhead School comprises a large block of buildings, consisting of a schoolroom with adjoining class rooms, library & chapel, headmaster’s boarding house with dining hall, private studies for the elder boys & an isolated sick ward: the grounds, which are six a acres, in extent, include a good playground, cricket field, two fives courts, carpenter’s shop & a gymnasium. [Kelly’s Directory for Birkenhead 1896].

Reference           Hartwell/Hyde/Pevsner/Hubbard. Buildings of England: Cheshire 2011 page