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Benton Park school was built in the grounds of old Benton Park house. The school was established by Joseph Riley in 1838 and by 1851 he had 33 boys in residence. His son John was also a teacher there. [3]
Conceived as a factory for learning, complete with a towering 20-metre high chimney, it was built in the centre of Rawdon, on the leafy outskirts of Leeds, in 1960 by Sir John Burnet, Tait and Partners – a practice that continued the legacy of Burnet (1857–1958) and the great modernist Thomas Tait (1882–1954), architect of the startling ...
The Benton Park estate belonged to Benjamin Hird in the late 18th century, and by 1838 the house was used as a school, run by Joseph Riley and his son John. In 1851 there were 33 boys in residence, but by the 1860s it it had become a private home again after it was bought by the Milligan family.
Benton Park School – 1947. A view of the old Benton Park School, once a private house, it was demolished and the present school built which opened in 1960. Donated by David Teale.
Jul 20, 2021 · HUNDREDS of former students and staff visited Benton Park School one last time to bid a fond farewell before the building's closure and demolition. After years of planning, designing and building, the £28.5 million new school premises is almost complete.
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Benton Park School,- 2018. The school on Harrogate Road caters for pupils aged 11 – 18 years. It opened in 1960, built in the grounds of Benton Park House, where classes had previously been held for older children from Rawdon Littlemoor School. Photographer Carlo Harrison.
Mar 7, 2022 · The demolition of Benton Park School is in progress to make way for a full-size 3G pitch, as students and staff move into the new £28.5m rebuild. The original school building was built in the late 1950s and early 1960s by Sir John Burnet, Tait and Partners, in the contemporary brutalist style.
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