Cleveland College of Art And Design | United Kingdom

The Northern School of Art, or The Middlesbrough School of Art as it was first named, dates back to 1870. The Government School of Art, based in Hartlepool, was first opened in Church Street Atheneum, Hartlepool in 1874. In 1897, it moved to the top floor of Lauder Street Technical College where it remained until moving in 1939 to the vacated Church Square School.The West Hartlepool College of Art remained there until the building was completely destroyed by fire in 1966. The new College of Art and Design opened on the same Church Square site in 1968, where it remains to this day – a true School of Art in every sense of the word. In approximately 1979, the College changed its name to Cleveland College of Art & Design and this remained the case until September 2018, when the College officially became The Northern School of Art.