Huddersfield Technical College - Huddersfield, UK - Blue Plaques on Waymarking.com

The plaque was erected after the building was renovated and turned into apartments.

HUDDERSFIELD CIVIC SOCIETY
CIVIC AWARD
PRESENTED TO CONGRATULATE
THE GOVErNORS OF HUDDERSFIELD TECHNICAL
COLLEGE
ON THE RESTORATION OF THIS LISTED
BUILDING. IT WAS DESIGNED BY
A. R. PRITCHETT AND BUILT AS A SCHOOL
IN 1840. FROM 1909 TO 1958 IT WAS
HUDDERSFIELD COLLEGE,
A BOYS' GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND IN
1975 BECAME AN ANNEXE OF
HUDDERSFIELD TECHNICAL
COLLEGE.
JUNE 2022
MANSELL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
WALTON HORSFALL PARTNERSHIP, ARCHITECTS FOR THE RESTORATION

A. R. Pritchett, the architect based his design on St. Peter's School in York which he had previously designed. In this case it had a crenellated central hall elevated above the rest of the building in the style of a fortified "castle keep".

The building is in the Highfields area of Huddersfield and the new apartments are called Highfield Apartments.

Blue Plaque managing agency: Huddersfield Civic Society Individual Recognized: The governors of the former Huddersfield Technical College Physical Address: Huddersfield Technical College New North Road Huddersfield , West Yorkshire United Kingdom Web Address: [Web Link]

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