West End Council School, Ashton-under-Lyne

ASHTON'S FIRST COUNCIL SCHOOL OPENED BY LADY AITKEN - Lady Aitken, wife of Sir Max Aitken, M.P, on Saturday afternoon opened the new West End Council School at Ashton-under-Lyne, erected at a cost of £15,500. The school, which will accommodate 1,200 children, is the first Council school in the borough. Hitherto the town has been served by a number- of voluntary schools. Mr. Ernest Woodhouse, of Manchester, was the architect. The site, subject to chief rent, was given as a free gift by Messrs Sydney and Rupert Mason. This gift represented a sum of £1,200. [Manchester Guardian 9 September 1912 page 8]

SCHOOL, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE - The new West-End Council School at Ashton-under-Lyne was opened recently. The school, which has been built on the Groby Hall site, will accommodate 1,200 scholars. The design of the new Council school is a modification of the corridor and verandah systems, in which the corridor is converted into a verandah during good weather and vice versa during inclement weather. The school has accommodation for 1,200 children in three blocks of buildings, and the total cost has been about £18,000. The architect was Mr. Ernest Woodhouse, Manchester. [Builder 20 September 1912 page 336]

Reference        Building News 13 September 1912 Page 358
Reference        Manchester Guardian 9 September 1912 page 8
Reference        Builder 20 September 1912 page 336