Description

CHESHUNT BLINDMANS LANE

TL 3502 The Burleigh Primary
12/60 School.

GV II

School. 1946. Hertfordshire County Council. Horizontal precast concrete
panels; mono-pitched roof to deep eaves. Central hall with kitchens towards
road, classroom block to south and 3 infants classrooms in staggered
arrangement linked by corridors to the north, the latter comprising the
earliest part of the school. Infants classrooms glazed away from road; each
of 3 bays; wall to wall vertical windows to each bay; wall to wall glazing,
divided horizontally by transom. Entrance to each of former infants
classrooms to south side, beneath concrete canopies.

Attached ball of 1 tall storey, with very shallow pitched roof; 8 bays, 6
glazed to lower part of wall; continuous clerestory band beneath deep eaves.
Block of 5 classrooms attached to south, in pairs except for end one, each'
almost fully glazed away from road; 4-lights each. Service areas towards
road.

The Burleigh school was the first school to be built on the influential
Hertfordshire County Council system.

Listing NGR: TL3568402512

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26631815

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