School of Art & Design

The Bolton School of Art and Design on Hilden Street was originally built in 1901 as Pupil Teachers'Centre. The architects were Bradshaw and Gass of Bolton. The building incorporates some fine terracotta ornamentation including a pair of shield-bearing lions (lions sejeant) which bear great similarity to those supplied by Dennis of Ruabon on the Co-op drapery building near the town centre.