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The Old School, 2 Main Street, Elrig

A Category C Listed Building in Mochrum, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.7949 / 54°47'41"N

Longitude: -4.612 / 4°36'43"W

OS Eastings: 232173

OS Northings: 547579

OS Grid: NX321475

Mapcode National: GBR GJZ1.45F

Mapcode Global: WH3V4.4Q2Z

Plus Code: 9C6QQ9VQ+X5

Entry Name: The Old School, 2 Main Street, Elrig

Listing Name: Elrig, 2 Main Street, the Old School with Boundary Wall

Listing Date: 20 July 1972

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 350645

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB16827

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200350645

Location: Mochrum

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West

Parish: Mochrum

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

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Description

Later 19th century. Former school and adjoining schoolhouse. 2-storey, with 1st floor breaking eaves. 3-bay traditional Wigtown house; single storey school adjoined to S, forming L-plan. Painted rubble.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: HOUSE TO RIGHT: door at centre. Windows in outer bays at ground floor. Windows, in gabled dormerheads, at 1st floor. SCHOOL TO LEFT: window to right. Gable to left; lean-to adjoined, with doors to N and S.

S ELEVATION: 3 regularly spaced classroom windows.

N ELEVATION: gabled and blank.

Timber sash and case windows; 4-pane glazing to house; mainly plate-glass glazing in 2-light windows to school. Red sandstone coped skews. Painted rubble stacks, with red sandstone copes; gablehead to house, ridge to N jamb of school. Mainly small grey slates; modern

roofing to S pitch of school. Red sandstone ridging. Rubble coped rubble walls to E.

Statement of Interest

No longer in use as a school. A square-plan "school" is marked on this site on the OS Map of 1848; however, the evidence of the fabric and current plan form suggests that the present building is a replacement on the same site.

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