Laird School of Art

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]

Laird School of Art
The Laird School of Art is now the John Laird Centre
Address
4, Park Road North Birkenhead , Wirral England
Coordinates	53.39473°N 3.033407°W / 53.39473; -3.033407
Information
Type	Further Education Art School
Established	1871[1]
Founder	John Laird
Closed	1979[2]

Notable alumni

• Trena Cox, stained glass artist.
• Martin Cooper of the band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.
• Henry Mundy, abstract painter.

References

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

Sources

• Bidston, Carol E. (1978). Birkenhead in Times Past. Chorley: Countryside Publications Ltd. ISBN 0861570030. OCLC 16480899.