Building record 1351001000 - Courtyard, Woodside Junior School

Summary

Courtyard garden at Woodside Junior School, constructed in 1956-7.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1300765: WOODSIDE JUNIOR SCHOOL: SEAT, STEPS, POOL SURROUND AND ATTACHED PERGOLA (DBC6838)

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Type and Period (5)

  • PERGOLA (Constructed 1956-1957, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • COURTYARD (Constructed 1956-1957, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • ORNAMENTAL POND (Constructed 1956-1957, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • STEPS (Constructed 1956-1957, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • SEAT (Constructed 1956-1957, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade II. Seat and attached pergola, steps and pool surrounds, in courtyard of Woodside Junior School, 1956-57, Ministry of Education. Brick base to seat with concrete paving slabs, also used to surrounds of rectangular pool and for steps. Pergola with metal posts supporting timber framing. Together these form an important visual feature in the courtyard of this prototype school. Sources: A. Saint, Towards A Social Architecture (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC19816 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Amersham, Chesham Bois and Coleshill. Added 30th March 1993.

Location

Grid reference SU 97312 98359 (point)
Civil Parish AMERSHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Mar 5 2023 3:02PM

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