Doncaster High School for Girls was designed by J. M. Bottomley and G. T. Wellburn of Leeds and built in 1910. 1935 saw the addition of a first floor to each wing and relocation of the hall from the ground floor to the new first floor. The school consolidated with Doncaster Grammar School in 1971 and became known as Hall Cross Comprehensive. After merging with the boy’s grammar school it went by the name Hall Cross Comprehensive School before relocating and leaving this building vacant.
As part of Doncaster’s regeneration scheme for the Waterdale area, the school is now being partially demolished.
“Internal strip out work will start shortly with demolition planned in the coming months.
The Council House, Civic Theatre and Scarborough House will be totally demolished, while the architecturally significant central frontage of the Girls School will be retained. The works are scheduled to be completed in August and will see the sites primed for redevelopment.
This is part of the council’s plans to reduce their 461 buildings, which cost £12million per year to run, by 70 per cent.â€
South Yorkshire Times- January 16th, 2014
I’ll apologise now for the slight HDR you might notice in some photos. Unfortunately I’m only using an iPhone as a camera for now and used these images where the original has turned out unusable: getting good pictures out of a phone is always difficult when there’s very little light. Also there’s been no post processing so there is some wonkiness etc. that I really should’ve fixed. I’ve got a lot to learn but I promise I’ll have better in the future.
Regardless of the obvious lack of photographic skills, I thought it'd be worth posting this report as I can't see a recent report on the place. At the time of visiting I didn't realise its demolition was imminent so this could be the last you'll see of this place.
As part of Doncaster’s regeneration scheme for the Waterdale area, the school is now being partially demolished.
“Internal strip out work will start shortly with demolition planned in the coming months.
The Council House, Civic Theatre and Scarborough House will be totally demolished, while the architecturally significant central frontage of the Girls School will be retained. The works are scheduled to be completed in August and will see the sites primed for redevelopment.
This is part of the council’s plans to reduce their 461 buildings, which cost £12million per year to run, by 70 per cent.â€
South Yorkshire Times- January 16th, 2014
I’ll apologise now for the slight HDR you might notice in some photos. Unfortunately I’m only using an iPhone as a camera for now and used these images where the original has turned out unusable: getting good pictures out of a phone is always difficult when there’s very little light. Also there’s been no post processing so there is some wonkiness etc. that I really should’ve fixed. I’ve got a lot to learn but I promise I’ll have better in the future.
Regardless of the obvious lack of photographic skills, I thought it'd be worth posting this report as I can't see a recent report on the place. At the time of visiting I didn't realise its demolition was imminent so this could be the last you'll see of this place.