Description

Probably Alexander Ross, later 19th century. Long S facing

single storey school range flanked either end by single storey

and attic, 3-bay schoolhouses. Red sneck coursed rubble with

contrasting tooled sandstone dressings and long and short

detailing.

9-bay centre school block, with slightly advanced gabled

outer and centre bays, and with 2 entrances in projecting

porches abutting outer gables. Paired long pointed-headed

windows in outer gables; similar triple windows in centre.

All small windows have pointed heads. Schoolhouses each with

centre door under bargeboarded slated canopy with flanking pointed-headed windows similar to those in school. Segmental

headed windows break wallheads in outer bays, rising into

gablets. 4-pane glazing, multi-pane glazing in long windows.

Blind trefoil vents in gables; coped ridge and end stacks;

slate roofs with projecting eaves.

School fronted by cast-iron spearhead railings with matching

gates and slender octagonal cast-iron gate piers. Coped

rubble garden walls enclose schoolhouses, with paired gates

and similar gate piers as school.

Statement of Interest

Accommodated 233 children by 1885.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17830489

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)