place

Nan Tait Centre

1903 establishments in EnglandArts centres in EnglandBuildings and structures in Barrow-in-FurnessDefunct schools in CumbriaFormer school buildings in the United Kingdom
Grade II listed buildings in CumbriaSchool buildings completed in 1903
The Nan Tait Centre, Barrow
The Nan Tait Centre, Barrow

The Nan Tait Centre is a Grade II listed building located at Abbey Road in the Hindpool area of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England.Designed by architects Woodhouse and Willoughby it was built for the Barrow Corporation as the town's new Technical School. The foundation stone was laid on 26 May 1900 and the school was officially opened three years later on 25 August 1903. The Technical School narrowly escaped Luftwaffe bombing during World War II, although its close neighbour Christ Church was almost completely destroyed in April 1941.In 1970 the technical school was replaced by Thorncliffe School in Hawcoat. The result was neglected maintenance and the building fell into a near dilapidated state. Despite the situation, the building was ultimately redeveloped in the early 2000s at a cost of £4 million and was named in honour of Agnes "Nan" Tait (Mayor of the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness from 1959 to 1960). The Nan Tait centre is now multifunctional serving as a cultural, exhibition and arts centre as well as a general office building. The Barracudas carnival band, Dare Dance, Capita Symonds, Barrow Borough Sports Council and Barrow Register Office are all tenants of the centre.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Nan Tait Centre (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Nan Tait Centre
Collingwood Street,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address External links Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Nan Tait CentreContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 54.115408 ° E -3.229696 °
placeShow on map

Address

Nan Tait Centre

Collingwood Street
LA14 5SL , Hindpool
England, United Kingdom
mapOpen on Google Maps

linkWikiData (Q6962230)
linkOpenStreetMap (964603585)

The Nan Tait Centre, Barrow
The Nan Tait Centre, Barrow
Share experience

Nearby Places

Barrow-in-Furness Main Public Library
Barrow-in-Furness Main Public Library

Barrow-in-Furness Main Public Library (more usually known as Barrow Central Library or Barrow Library) is a Grade II listed Beaux-Arts style building located at Ramsden Square, Barrow-in-Furness, England. Operated since 1974 by Cumbria County Council, it is the largest library in the town and the present structure, designed by J A Charles was originally built as a Carnegie library with support from the Carnegie Foundation.The first library in Barrow was opened on 18 September 1882 in temporary iron buildings in Schneider Square; in 1887 this was transferred to a room within Barrow Town Hall. The growing population meant that a larger building was needed and this was eventually met by the construction of the present accommodation at the junction of Abbey Road with Ramsden Square. The building itself bears a date of 1915 (denoted by an engraving by the main entrance which reads 'ANNO DNI MCMXV'), although delays brought about by World War I meant that it wasn't actually completed and opened until 1922. The library formerly housed the Furness Museum which held artefacts both from across the world and also from the local area. The museum (always operated by Barrow Borough Council) was opened in 1930 in an upstairs lecture room. It closed in 1991 and most of the exhibits were eventually moved to larger purpose built premises next to Walney Channel - the Dock Museum. After building modifications in 1998, the library has also worked with the Cumbria Archive Service in the joint operation of a local archives or county record office branch. This now shares a public searchroom together with the local studies library. Besides the Central Library there are currently five other libraries in the present borough: Askam, Barrow Island, Dalton, Roose and Walney. A sixth branch at Ormsgill has now been replaced by a library link facility in Ormsgill Children's Centre