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Public School, Eigg

A Category C Listed Building in Caol and Mallaig, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.8996 / 56°53'58"N

Longitude: -6.1398 / 6°8'23"W

OS Eastings: 148020

OS Northings: 786327

OS Grid: NM480863

Mapcode National: GBR CB7H.0GT

Mapcode Global: WGZBL.NVH2

Plus Code: 9C8MVVX6+R3

Entry Name: Public School, Eigg

Listing Name: Isle of Eigg, Schoolhouse and School.

Listing Date: 29 May 1985

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 347404

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14119

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Eigg Primary School

ID on this website: 200347404

Location: Small Isles

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Caol and Mallaig

Parish: Small Isles

Traditional County: Inverness-shire

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Description

Schoolhouse: 1829, simple rectangular 2-storey and attic, symmetrical 3-bay south facing house with later 19th century school added at west gable. Both buildings of rubble, with tooled ashlar margins to school.

Centre door to house masked by later timber and corrugated iron porch with side entrance flanked by small windows; 3 dormers break wallhead as small piended dormers, the centre being very small, rising direct from wallhead; small centre rear window; 4-pane glazing. End stacks; slate roof.

School; 1877, 2 large multi-pane glazed windows light south gable and long west elevation of simple rectangular school-room. Slate roof with projecting eaves.

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