Building record TQ 65 NE 368 - The Malling School, 1960s school complex

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A building survey carried out at The Malling School in 2005 concluded that it was a typical 1960s school complex, influenced by the British architects Peter and Alison Smithson

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Grid reference TQ 69796 57462 (point)
Map sheet TQ65NE
County KENT
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish EAST MALLING AND LARKFIELD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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In 2005 a building survey was carried out at the Malling School in advance of the planned reconstruction of the school.

The Malling School was founded in c. 1961 in response to the rapid expansion in the local population. In 1961, when the school appears on an aerial photograph, the school buildings and playing fields were in the lower part of the site while the area of the present playing fields was still laid out as parkland. The building appears to be influenced by the important British architects Peter and Alsion Smithson. This can be seen in the expanses of glass, the exposed steel frames and possibly the water tank.(1)


Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2005, The Malling School, Beech Road, East Malling, Kent: Historic Building Record (Unpublished document). SKE12810.

Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2005, The Malling School, Beech Road, East Malling, Kent: Historic Building Record (Unpublished document). Ske12810.

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  • --- Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2005. The Malling School, Beech Road, East Malling, Kent: Historic Building Record.
  • --- Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2005. The Malling School, Beech Road, East Malling, Kent: Historic Building Record.

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Record last edited

Jul 23 2010 4:43PM