Lansbury Lawrence School
Appearance
Lansbury Lawrence School | |
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![]() Entrance to Lansbury Lawrence School | |
Address | |
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Cordelia Street Lansbury Estate , E14 6DZ England | |
Coordinates | 51°30′49″N 0°01′02″E / 51.5135°N 0.0171°E |
Information | |
Type | Community school |
Local authority | Tower Hamlets |
Department for Education URN | 133574 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Gender | Co-educational |
Age | 3 to 11 |
Website | lansburylawrence |
Lansbury Lawrence School (formally Susan Lawrence School) is a primary school in the Lansbury Estate in the Poplar area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
The school was designed by the architectural firm Yorke Rosenberg Mardall.[1] It was built in 1949–1950 and was debuted in the 1951 Festival of Britain as a showpiece of the "Live Architecture" exhibition. [2] The school's foyer contains tiles by the renowned artist Peggy Angus.[1] It was named after Susan Lawrence, an MP who had represented the area.[3]
The school is Grade II listed.[3]
A plaque in the school grounds commemorates the 34 firefighters killed in the 1941 Old Palace School bombing.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Harwood, Elain (2013). Children, Childhood and Cultural Heritage. Rutlege Hill Press. p. 202. ISBN 9780415529945.
- ^ Cherry, Bridget (2005). London: East – Buildings of England. Yale University Press. p. 95. ISBN 9780300107012.
- ^ a b "Susan Lawrence and Elizabeth Lansbury Schools". Historic England. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
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