Description

James Barbour of Dumfries, architect. School, symmetrically
designed, with heavy Jacobean detailing. Snecked red
bullfaced ashlar, polished dressings. Mostly 2 storeys. South
elevation: 2-stage central bell tower; 2 bays either side
(inner bays 3-storey, with parapet; gabled outer bays
recessed); tower lower stage battered with 2 depressed-arched
doors; obelisk pinnacles over angles, bellcote with pierced
openings and pyramidal roof. Windows mostly mullioned; 3rd
floor windows have cusped heads. 4-bay north elevation has
outer gables and roof glazed over inner windows. Depressed-
arched east and west-facing upper windows below wall-head
gables. Small paned glazing throughout. Corniced stacks;
axial vents; slate roofs. Enclosed by ashlar-coped (mostly
rubble-built) walls, simple wrought-iron gates and railings
at south, to roadside, and between playgrounds.

Statement of Interest

A group with churches and Wallacehall

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17791696

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  For the Record
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)