page_title: George H. Widdows
section_title: List of schools designed by Widdows
hierarchical_section_title: George H. Widdows / List of schools designed by Widdows
caption_attribution_description: English: New Houghton - Anthony Bek School
context_page_description: George H. Widdows was an English architect who pioneered changes to school building design to enhance the health of school children. He was also responsible for the design of about 80 schools in Derbyshire, where he became Chief Architect.
context_section_description: The following is a list of Derbyshire schools designed by Widdows. It is in placename order and shows the school name, date of building and whether designated a national listed building by English Heritage. In some cases, additional information is provided in italics. The list is based on a search of Derbyshire Historic Environment Records available via the Heritage Gateway website.
  Alfreton Croft Infant School. Built 1906. Listed Grade II. Central Hall, four wings at corners. Near identical plan to The Glebe, South Normanton, except for double main entrances.
  Alfreton Mortimer Wilson Secondary School. Built 1925. Not Listed.
  Bakewell Lady Manners School. Built 1934. Not Listed.
  Blackwell Primary School. Built 1913. Not Listed. School has very tall facades/windows. There is a central hall, twin entrances and gabled classroom wings.
  Bolsover Infants, Built 1906. Not Listed.
  Bolsover New Bolsover Primary School. Built 1935. Not Listed.
  Bramley Vale Primary School. Built 1933. Not Listed.
  Breaston Firfield Primary. Built 1911. Not Listed. The plan form was originally of the "linear" type.
  Buxton College (now Buxton Community School). Extension built 1928/9. Not Listed. Large extensions to a Victorian school. These comprised three veranda-style classroom wings around a courtyard.
  Chesterfield St Helena's Secondary School.  Built 1911.  Listed Grade II.  Not a typical Widdows design.
  Creswell Junior School. Built 1911. Listed Grade II.
  Darley Dale Primary. Built 1911. Listed Grade II.
  Denby John Flamsteed. Built 1925. Not Listed.
  Findern Primary School. Built 1924. Not Listed.
  Heanor Howitt Primary Community School. Built 1915. Not Listed.
  Heanor Marpool Junior School. Built 1906. Not Listed.
  Heanor South East Derbyshire College. Built 1912. Listed Grade II.
  Hope Primary. Built 1912. Listed Grade II.
  Horsley Woodhouse Primary. Built 1913. Not Listed. It is built in a cottage style and has an irregular plan.
  Ilkeston School (King George Avenue). Built 1911.  Listed Grade II*.  This is the only work of Widdows that has the elevated Grade II* listing status.
  Killamarsh Junior. Building date unknown. Not Listed.
  Long Eaton Community School.  Built 1909.  Listed Grade II.  Large two-storey secondary school.
  Long Eaton Grange Primary School. Built 1935. Not Listed.
  Long Eaton Highfield Primary. Built 1911. Listed Grade II.
  Morton Primary School. Built 1927. Not Listed. School of 1882, rebuilt in 1927 to a design by George Widdows.
  New Mills School, built 1912, listed Grade II. The New Mills Secondary School is identical to Ilkeston School in that it has a large square quadrangular plan with a domed central hall linked by covered walks to the four sides.
  Newton Primary School. Built 1908. Not Listed.
  North Wingfield Infants. Built 1910. Not Listed.
  Palterton Primary School.  Built 1908.  Not Listed.
  Pleasley Anthony Bek Primary. Built 1936. Not Listed. The later addition to the school was built in 1936 to a design by George Henry Widdows. It has a verandah type, L-shaped plan, with one classroom wing built at right angles to two linked hall blocks.
  Sandiacre Ladycross Infant School. Built 1907. Not Listed. Designed in the Arts & Crafts style.
  Shirebrook Adult Education Centre.  Built 1926.  Listed Grade II.
  Shirebrook Model Village School. Built 1908. Listed Grade II. It consists of three identical blocks on the 'marching corridor' plan.
  Shuttlewood Brockley Primary. Built 1927. Listed Grade II.
  Somercotes Somerlea Park Junior School. Built 1924. Not Listed.
  South Normanton Glebe. Built 1900. Listed Grade II. Images of England claims that this is probably the earliest school designed by George Widdows. Note that Derbyshire HER record shows building date of 1910 and EH listing shows completion in 1911.
  Staveley Hollingwood Primary School. Built 1927. Not Listed. Now demolished.
  Staveley Library.  Built 1932.  Not Listed.  Although not a school, it was designed by Widdows.  Nominated to English Heritage for listing by Derbyshire County Council in 2007.
  Staveley Middlecroft. Built 1927. Not Listed. Now demolished.
  Staveley Netherthorpe
caption: New Houghton – Anthony Bek School
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