20/08/2026
Interesting project this week, working on compliance upgrades to an existing fire alarm control system in a former school building now converted into high end luxury apartments.
Sutton High School for Boys opened in 1897 as the Regent Street Higher Grade School on Regent Street in Plymouth, built from local Plymouth limestone. In 1926, a school reorganisation turned it into Sutton Secondary School for Boys (later Sutton High School for Boys), operating until its final closure in 1986.
Wartime Evacuation World War II: With the outbreak of war, the school was evacuated out of harm's way to St Austell in Cornwall. Home Front Usage: Parts of the multi-level Regent Street facility served as air-raid shelters and storage for the Ministry of Food during the conflict.
The School motto was "shine to serve"
The school institution finished it’s run and completely closed in 1986.