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Art deco features to the stairs and stairwells at Thistley Hough High School

handrail on the main
stairs

detail of a zinc diecasting making
an interesting detail for the handrail

door partition at the top of
the stairs - with vertical windows for emphasis

the front stairs - columns at
the head and base of the stairs - the handrails curve around the columns

on the first floor landing a
feature is made with ironwork figures

steel window frames to the
corner

a geometric patterned frame
with figures of two sporting figures
as evidence that the school was originally all girls both the figures are female
one playing hockey and one tennis

from the other side of the
window - the tennis playing figure

both of the rear stairwells
have impressive floor to ceiling glass

art deco features include the
central column, vertical steel framed windows
and geometric wrought ironwork

geometric ironwork pattern to
the base of the windows
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