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Detached seven-bay two-storey over raised basement technical school, designed 1934; built 1934-5; opened 1936, on a symmetrical plan centred on single-bay three-storey flush tower on a rectangular plan; pair of single-bay (single-bay deep) full-height returns centred on single-bay full-height engaged tower on a square plan (east). Extended, 1952, producing present composition. Flat roofs behind parapets. Rendered walls with fluted parapets. Square-headed central door opening approached by two flights of eight concrete steps, rendered monolithic surround with cantilevered canopy framing glazed steel double doors having sidelights below overlights. Square-headed central window openings in tripartite arrangement (upper floors) with concrete sills, shared rendered monolithic mullions, and concealed dressings framing pivoting steel windows having horizontal glazing bars. Square-headed window openings with concrete sill courses, and concealed dressings framing pivoting steel windows having horizontal glazing bars. Elongated square-headed central window opening (east) with concrete sill, and concealed dressings framing fixed-pane fittings having horizontal glazing bars. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangements (returns) with concrete sills, rendered monolithic mullions, and concealed dressings framing pivoting steel windows having horizontal glazing bars. Street fronted with fluted panelled piers to perimeter having shallow pyramidal capping supporting steel railings.
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