Lady Grey
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I was in the vicinity of Gloucester a few weeks ago and decided to pay a visit to the old college in Brunswick Road, I had my camera with me as I intended to photograph various places in Gloucester – I'm glad that the college was my first destination. It looks as though work is finally beginning on the redevelopment of the site. As I was taking various photos, there were a few workmen scattered around the site, they didn't seem to mind me taking photographs.
The college was built in c1939 on the site of The Crypt School and a much earlier Roman villa, for the next 60 years it was the focal point of student life in Gloucester. I was lucky enough to be a student at Brunswick Campus myself, for a while in the early 1990's. Brunswick Campus had everything you could want from a college – an extensive library, really supportive tutors, a great refectory that served delicious food and Graduations hair and beauty salon. Graduations had some talented students, I visited on a number of occasions and received professional hair styles at very reasonable prices. The college closed in 2006, and relocated to Gloucester Docks. The following photos are of the main building which is Art Deco style. There is a hideous tower block connected to the main building, via a bridge.
The following links are for an article about the latest news on the proposed development of the site, and for a campaign to save the Redwood tree which is enclosed within the grounds of the college.
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co...nning-bid/article-2974652-detail/article.html
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co...ood-tree-/article-1709610-detail/article.html
My apologies for the quality of the photos, it was a really miserable day.
A walk around the main building, you can see how inappropriate the adjoining tower block is.
If you look closely, you can see the top of the 60 year old redwood tree that the locals want to preserve - I hope they succeed.
I hope they manage to reinstate this signpost at some point
The bridge joins the original building to the tower block
On the ground floor of the tower block, was the library.
The college was built in c1939 on the site of The Crypt School and a much earlier Roman villa, for the next 60 years it was the focal point of student life in Gloucester. I was lucky enough to be a student at Brunswick Campus myself, for a while in the early 1990's. Brunswick Campus had everything you could want from a college – an extensive library, really supportive tutors, a great refectory that served delicious food and Graduations hair and beauty salon. Graduations had some talented students, I visited on a number of occasions and received professional hair styles at very reasonable prices. The college closed in 2006, and relocated to Gloucester Docks. The following photos are of the main building which is Art Deco style. There is a hideous tower block connected to the main building, via a bridge.
The following links are for an article about the latest news on the proposed development of the site, and for a campaign to save the Redwood tree which is enclosed within the grounds of the college.
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co...nning-bid/article-2974652-detail/article.html
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co...ood-tree-/article-1709610-detail/article.html
My apologies for the quality of the photos, it was a really miserable day.
A walk around the main building, you can see how inappropriate the adjoining tower block is.
If you look closely, you can see the top of the 60 year old redwood tree that the locals want to preserve - I hope they succeed.
I hope they manage to reinstate this signpost at some point
The bridge joins the original building to the tower block
On the ground floor of the tower block, was the library.
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