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Schoolrooms, Schoolhouse, Longcastle

A Category C Listed Building in Kirkinner, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.8001 / 54°48'0"N

Longitude: -4.5195 / 4°31'10"W

OS Eastings: 238142

OS Northings: 547930

OS Grid: NX381479

Mapcode National: GBR HJ60.QKH

Mapcode Global: WH3V5.KM22

Plus Code: 9C6QRF2J+26

Entry Name: Schoolrooms, Schoolhouse, Longcastle

Listing Name: Longcastle Schoolhouse and Former School Rooms (Now Workshops)

Listing Date: 17 December 1979

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 346115

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB13116

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200346115

Location: Kirkinner

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West

Parish: Kirkinner

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

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Description

Circa 1840. Range of buildings with 2-storey, 3-bay schoolhouse adjoining single-storey T-plan schoolroom range. All painted rubble with raised painted margins. Mostly sash and case with 12-pane uPVC glazing. SCHOOLHOUSE: 2-storey, 3-bay with advanced pair harled gabled centre bay, a later addition. Windows in raised painted margins all sash and case with 12-pane glazing. W gable with 4 hoodmoulded windows, those to 1st blind. Slate roofs, sandstone ridge and skews, corniced end stacks, octagonal cans.

Schoolrooms, now workshops. Single-storey T-plan wing adjoining house to N. N elevation 5-bay with 2 gabled brick porches. W gable with hoodmoulded bipartite window. Slate roofs, sandstone skews and ridge, W gable with ball finial; replaced metal ventilators over schoolroom, coped axial stacks.

Statement of Interest

Unauthorised installation of uPVC glazing to schoolhouse.

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