The Estate - Bevendean History Project
Bevendean County Primary School
LAST BIG SCHOOL FOR YEARS TO COME
BEVENDEAN CEREMONY
On the spot were flowers once grew in the
garden of the old farmhouse at Lower Bevendean, the foundation stone of
Brighton’s third post-war school was laid on Monday by the Mayor
(Alderman Ernest Marsh).
Just before he patted the stone into place, watched by members of the Council and a group of workmen, it was revealed that this new Bevendean primary and infant school is to cost £111,000 and is to accommodate 560 children, it will be the last of its kind for some years to come because of the Governments call for economies.
Just before he patted the stone into place, watched by members of the Council and a group of workmen, it was revealed that this new Bevendean primary and infant school is to cost £111,000 and is to accommodate 560 children, it will be the last of its kind for some years to come because of the Governments call for economies.
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Mr W. G. Stone, Education Officer, commending
the speed of the work, said that plans were prepared in February last,
building work began in September, and the school will be ready by next
September. Mr Stone praised the committee’s architect, Mr P.
Billington, who also designed the Carden and Woodingdean schools, and
he commented: “There is no other architect in this country whose work has been seen by more visitors.” The purpose of the school – to serve the 700-house Bevendean Estate – was outlined by Councillor J. Trevelyan Leak (chairman of the Education Committee). |
After prayers by the Rev. E. L.
Phillips (Vicar of Moulsecombe), Alderman H. Hone and Councillor G.
Fitzgerald thanked the Mayor.
“It is a pity the Government has asked us to economise,” said Councillor Fitzgerald, “for schools are overcrowded, and this one may be too.”
“It is a pity the Government has asked us to economise,” said Councillor Fitzgerald, “for schools are overcrowded, and this one may be too.”
From the Brighton and Hove Herald 26 November 1949.
