Willesden: St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School (1)
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Willesden: St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School (1)
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 26 Sep 2010
High up in the terracotta gable end is the carved date 1896 and the initials WSB which the photographer is guessing stand for Willesden School Board. As with many schools of this age it has had a chequered history. It probably started off as Leopold Road School to serve the streets of new Victorian housing that were being built in the area at that time, but later may have become a Secondary Modern School before reverting back to the current junior school. This is the original Leopold Road frontage with its pair of attractive 4-storey octagonal turrets, the symmetry of which is spoiled by the modern ground floor entrance extensions. The School's formal address is now in Goodson Road Image which is around to the right in this photograph.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.543552
Longitude
-0.250324
