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Claggan School, Ardtornish Estate

A Category B Listed Building in Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.5829 / 56°34'58"N

Longitude: -5.7483 / 5°44'53"W

OS Eastings: 169912

OS Northings: 749731

OS Grid: NM699497

Mapcode National: GBR DC59.ZR4

Mapcode Global: WH0FG.NSXV

Plus Code: 9C8PH7M2+5M

Entry Name: Claggan School, Ardtornish Estate

Listing Name: Ardtornish Estate, Claggan School and Schoolhouse with Former Playground and Enclosing Walls

Listing Date: 29 May 1985

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 347194

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB13956

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Ardtornish Estate, Claggan School

ID on this website: 200347194

Location: Morvern

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Fort William and Ardnamurchan

Parish: Morvern

Traditional County: Argyllshire

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Description

Samuel Barham, 1877-8; 2-storey, steeply gabled asymmetrical

school and schoolhouse. All rendered concrete. South facing

complex with school yard to rear. Tall single bay, gabled

schoolroom taking up west (left), rising full height with

large transomed and mullioned modern double glazing in north

and south, with hoodmoulds and drip-cills and chamfering to

transoms and mullions in south window. Entrance to schoolroom

(divided into 2 with internal glazed screen) in re-entrant

angle formed at rear by later cloakroom wing projecting from

west return elevation.

Entrance to single storey and attic schoolhouse in centre of

south frontage, under canopy linked to left window; canopy

over ground floor window in east gable. Mainly bipartites,

but long tripartite fills east gable in 1st floor.

Hoodmoulds; multi-pane glazing; bargeboards; decorative

wooden pendant apex newels; tall coped ridge and rear stack;

slate roofs.

Small bargeboarded single storey outhouse fronts rear door to schoolhouse. Playground to rear of schoolbuilding enclosed by

concrete wall, extending to enclose front of school and

schoolhouse; Wall raised at rear (north) to form rear wall of

single pitch slate roofed shelter, partially walled in centre

south front.

Statement of Interest

No longer in use as school.

Until circa 1970 an elegant slated fleche bellcote with

cast-iron weathervane terminated the crossing of the

schoolhouse and school roof ridges. (Gaskell, p1.11a.)

Unfortunate modern glazing 1984.

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