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Latitude: 58.7548 / 58°45'17"N
Longitude: -2.9645 / 2°57'52"W
OS Eastings: 344294
OS Northings: 985638
OS Grid: ND442856
Mapcode National: GBR M51L.GQ1
Mapcode Global: WH7D9.F6LV
Plus Code: 9CCVQ23P+W6
Entry Name: Tomison's Academy, South Ronaldsay
Listing Name: Tomison's Academy
Listing Date: 9 December 1977
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 352856
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB18726
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: South Ronaldsay, Tomison's Academy
ID on this website: 200352856
Location: South Ronaldsay
County: Orkney Islands
Electoral Ward: East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray
Parish: South Ronaldsay
Traditional County: Orkney
Tagged with: School building
1851. Tall single-storey, 3 piended roof school room
pavilions in T-plan arrangment, 2-window fronts except
at flanks to re-entrant angles, 1-window with lower porches
in angles; harrow angular coursers, ashlar quoins the width
of two coursers, ashlar plinth and porches, fenestration
mullion and transom crosses with small lying-panes;
slated roofs, that of central pavilion straddled by
group of 3 ashlar chimney stacks, battered with neo Greek
capital - cornices, outer stacks square-plan centre stack
oblong with columnar chimney cans in 1-3-1 arrangement
giving effective silhouette.
Founded under the will of William Tomison (1739-1829) of
the Hudson's Bay Company.
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