Laird_School_of_Art

Laird School of Art

Laird School of Art

Former art school in Birkenhead, England

The Laird School of Art was a school of art situated on Park Road North, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, overlooking Birkenhead Park.[3] It was the first public school of art outside London and was given to the town by John Laird. The school opened on 27 September 1871[4] and was closed in 1980 when it merged with the Birkenhead College of Technology, formerly situated on Borough Road. The building on Park Road North is used as the John Laird Centre.[5]

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  1. [1]
    The British East India Company : The John Laird Centre, The British East India Company, retrieved 19 January 2012
  2. [2]
    The British East India Company : The John Laird Centre, The British East India Company, retrieved 19 January 2012
  3. [3]
    The Laird Family, Birkenhead History Society, archived from the original on 8 February 2012, retrieved 19 January 2012
  4. [4]
    Bidston 1978, p. 28
  5. [5]
    The British East India Company : The John Laird Centre, The British East India Company, retrieved 19 January 2012

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