Brandlehow Primary School is in Putney in the London Borough of Wandsworth,[1] the building was designed by Ernő Goldfinger and is Grade II listed.
[5][6] The existing building was designed by Ernő Goldfinger, it was built in 1950[2][7] and then opened by broadcaster Wilfred Pickles in June 1952.
[8] Goldfinger's design used his own innovative prefabricated reinforced concrete-frame system,[9] also used at Greenside Primary School in Hammersmith and which used half the steel of standard steel-framed buildings at the time.
[12] In 2005 an extension by team 51.5° architects was added also using prefabricated techniques,[13] the new building opened in 2006[14][15] and included a new wooden playground.
[16] The original Goldfinger designed school keeper's cottage was illegally demolished in 2007 by developer Rajiv Laxman,[17] Director of Abrus Ltd.[18] Laxman was fined £37,000 plus costs of £3,000 under the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990[19] and the cottage was subsequently restored in 2013 as part of a residential project.