Farndon Primary School

Expanding a primary school on a restricted site

Single-storey wooden community building with pitched roofs, central glass doors and grassy foreground with a goalpost.
We won a competition to design and develop a scheme that replaced the existing library facility in Prestatyn, North Wales.

A prominent yet compact site within Prestatyn, our design looked to take influence from the ornate brick detail of the surrounding buildings. The solution was a series of pitched roofs connected to form a new residential complex, which sits in harmony with the streetscape.
Client
Cheshire West and Chester
Location
Cheshire
Status
Complete
Scope
New teaching block
refurbishment
remodel
Corner of a modern wooden-clad building with horizontal planks, black guttering and a wall-mounted round exterior light.
Close-up of a wooden exterior wall with horizontal cladding and a black metal-framed window trim in soft focus.
Modern wooden building entrance with glass double doors and three angled skylights on a sloped dark roof
Classroom window with paper craft garlands, a "RULES" poster on the left and stacked chairs on the right, view of grassy playground outside.
Row of modern wooden houses with sloped metal roofs and multiple roof windows under an overcast sky
Classroom with rows of wooden tables and red chairs, skylights and hanging lights, whiteboard, bulletin boards and storage units
Single-storey building with horizontal wooden cladding, two dark doors and windows, a row of roof skylights and a red bin outside.
Empty school dining area with purple plastic chairs around hexagonal tables and double doors at the far end of the corridor
Classroom interior with hanging bunting and student artwork across a large window, rows of desks and suspended ceiling lights
Empty classroom corner with tables, purple storage trays, art supplies on the windowsill and a "WAGOLL" display board.
Single-storey modern wooden school building with large windows, two stairways and a playground road marking in foreground.
Green wire net attached to a metal hoop and pole, photographed against a bright, out-of-focus background.
Empty school playground with painted court lines, wooden single-storey building and a red basketball hoop on the right.
Angled view of a modern building clad in horizontal light-wood panels with two small rainbow-painted benches against a brick plinth.
Corner of a modern wooden-clad school building with black-framed windows and a colourful painted hopscotch circle on the playground
Painted playground path on pavement with colourful ladder and footprint hop markers and the words "side jump" visible.