Catherine Street School, Hackney, Greater London
The board school on Catherine Street (now Cranwood Street) backing onto Brunswick Place in Hackney with teachers and pupils in the yard. The London School Board was created under the Elementary Education Act 1870 to set up schools in the area covered by the London County Council. This school is an example of the classic triple-decker London Board school design and has a rooftop playground. Infants were taught on the ground floor, girls on the middle floor and boys on the top floor.
Location
Greater London HackneyPeriod
Victorian (1837 - 1901)Themes
