Building MPM1440 - Meredith Infant School, Portchester Road

Red brick school built 1896. Dutch gables, red clay tile roof, chimneys, sash windows. Two main blocks north-south across site. Caretaker’s house and former Cookery School face Portchester Road. Cookery centre has 20 pane sash windows. Part of Drayton Road School group designed by A. H. Bone. [1] It is now known as Meredith Infant School.


Summary of Drayton Road School from Portsmouth History Centre catalogue:

The school was opened in 1896 as a Board School for Boys, Girls, and Infants. In 1933 it became Senior Boys and Girls and Infants, and in 1946 became Drayton Road Secondary Modern for Boys. In 1952 the school was renamed North End Modern School for Boys, and Brunel Secondary Modern in 1968. The Infants School was renamed Meredith Primary in 1968. [2]

<1> Portsmouth City Council, 2011, City of Portsmouth Local List of Buildings (Bibliographic reference). SPM37.

<2> Portsmouth City Council, ?, Catalogue to Education Records Held in the Portsmouth City Archives (Unpublished document). SPM260.