Eastfield County Primary School, Eastfield Road, Thurmaston (Locally Listed)
| Date Listed | Thu 17th June, 2004 |
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| Category | Locally Listed Building |
| Address | Eastfield County Primary School Eastfield Road Thurmaston LE4 8FP |
| Grade | Locally Listed |
| Grid Reference | SK6195509588 |
| Description | Primary School for Leicestershire Education Committee. Built 1966/68. Architects, Ahrends, Burton & Koralek. Classrooms, kitchen, library and hall arranged around a central courtyard. Sand-lime brickwork with patent glazing angled at the top. Generally, flat roof with upstanding angled top lights. Zinc sheet cladding to deep fascias. Tall steel stack to boilerhouse. Single storey. The style of the school is said to owe much to Leicestershire?s most famous C20 building, the Engineering Building at Leicester University by James Stirling & James Gowan, 1959-63 (Pevsner). |
The description above describes the salient features of the building as it was at the date of listing. It is given in order to aid identification; it is not intended to be either comprehensive or exclusive.