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Latitude: 55.8639 / 55°51'49"N
Longitude: -4.544 / 4°32'38"W
OS Eastings: 240891
OS Northings: 666334
OS Grid: NS408663
Mapcode National: GBR 3F.3L26
Mapcode Global: WH3NY.5WG2
Plus Code: 9C7QVF74+G9
Entry Name: Primary School, Main Street, Houston
Listing Name: Main Street, Houston Primary School
Listing Date: 30 July 1991
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 342194
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB9867
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Houston, Main Street, Primary School
ID on this website: 200342194
Location: Houston and Killellan
County: Renfrewshire
Electoral Ward: Houston, Crosslee and Linwood
Parish: Houston And Killellan
Traditional County: Renfrewshire
Tagged with: School building
William Kerr of John Melvin and Son, Alloa, dated 1912. Classical style 2-storey 5-bay school building in playground recessed from street. Red sandstone ashlar; end stacks. Central bellocte; square in section at open arched bell stage (timber) with flanking timber pilasters and detached angle columns; deep cornice with octagonal timber and
leaded dome above; finials at angles. Main roof slated.
PRINCIPAL ELEVATION: boys entrance, right; girls left, in moulded doorcases with simple cornices supporting elaborately carved Renaissance style pendant scrolls of window architraves directly above. Plain frieze and dentilled main cornice. 4-pane sash and case glazing at 1st, 16-pane sashes at ground. Single storey hall to rear with large 12-pane sash and case windows in tripartite and quadripartite groupings.
Interior not seen
Boundary walls to street with simple cast-iron railings; pair square-plan grey ashlar gatepiers with simple convex pyramid caps.
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