Worcester Street plan

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DescriptionThe floor plans of the Worcester Street school do not include some detached wooden rooms or the gymnasium built south of the swimming pool in 1907 and 1908. Rooms which were not known by letters have been numbered for reference to the notes on their uses and occupants supplied by Mr H.S. Baverstock.

Original School
Ground floor – HM, headmaster’s study; A, Mr Laing; B, Mr Lawrence (converted to locker-room in 1914); C, Mr Walton, Mr Lancaster; G, preparatory school, Mr S. Clark; 1, vestibule; 2, swimming bath; 3, fives courts.
First floor – D, Mr Grossman, Mr Cane, Mr Schroder (this room contained the library); E and F (the Big Room, divided by curtain in 1920 to make two classrooms), Mr Cook (art and bookkeeping), Mr McLachlan, Mr Jefcoate, Mr Cuming; 9, staff room; 10, landing.

Additions, 1891.
Ground floor – 4, basement.
First floor – H, Mr Bevan-Brown, Mr Baverstock; L, chemistry laboratory, Mr Speight, Mr Jackson, Mr Rowe.

Additions, 1896.
Ground floor – M, science lecture hall and laboratory, store-room beneath, Mr Jackson, Mr Laing, Mr R.J. Thompson.
First floor – J, Mr Alpers, Mr Merton, Mr Montgomery; K, Mr Gudex, Mr Stewart

Additions, 1914.
Ground floor, laboratory, Mr R.J. Thompson; 5, janitor’s bookroom under west stairs; 6, monitors’ room; 7, store-room.
First floor – P, laboratory; Q, Mr Rowe; 8, skylights.

Notes
Room R, of timber, built close to the School of Engineering, housed the armoury and barrack-room for the cadets, a small room for the monitors, and shower-room. It was moved in 1919 to become a classroom east of the gymnasium. Mr Quartermain, Mr Baverstock.
The workshop south of room R was later moved towards Hereford Street.
Rooms S and T (prefabs) were sited near room R east of the swimming pool. Mr Merton, Mr Baverstock.
North of rooms S and T were a tennis court and the bicycle sheds on the Worcester Street boundary.
The gymnasium had ceased to be used for its original purpose by 1921, after which it was used for daily assembly and to accommodate up to three class simultaneously.

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Worcester Street plan