2011

SJ3494 : Hugh Baird College, Stanley Road, Bootle

taken 13 years ago, near to Bootle, Sefton, England

Hugh Baird College, Stanley Road, Bootle
Hugh Baird College, Stanley Road, Bootle
Built 1966-68 by the Borough Architect, Thomas Finlay.
Improbable as it may seem, Pevsner adduces Bootle as perhaps the nearest we come (or came) in this country to a Corbusian vision. Prompted by the need to revive a flagging economy previously reliant on the docks and the arrival of the Inland Revenue, in the mid 1960s the planners in Bootle, guided by the precepts of the French modernist architect, Le Corbusier, embarked on an ambitious reinvention of the town. Stanley Road was lined with towers and slabs, but, as Pevsner points out, the vision was undermined by the survival of older buildings in their midst. More recently, at least one has been demolished (SJ3494 : Balliol House, Balliol Road, Bootle.).
Originally the Bootle College of Further Education, it now has more than 7,000 students aged 14-19 studying a variety of courses.

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SJ3494, 55 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Stephen Richards   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 28 July, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 22 April, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 3438 9471 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:26.7032N 2:59.3660W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 3442 9469
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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