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Latitude: 56.3748 / 56°22'29"N
Longitude: -3.2876 / 3°17'15"W
OS Eastings: 320575
OS Northings: 721023
OS Grid: NO205210
Mapcode National: GBR 24.2CCQ
Mapcode Global: WH6QM.G1QB
Plus Code: 9C8R9PF6+WX
Entry Name: The Old School House, Cottown
Listing Name: Cottown, Former School and Schoolhouse
Listing Date: 5 October 1971
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 354224
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB19809
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Cottown, Former School and School House
ID on this website: 200354224
Location: St Madoes
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Carse of Gowrie
Parish: St Madoes
Traditional County: Perthshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
It is among a relatively small number of traditional buildings with a surviving thatched roof found across Scotland. A Survey of Thatched Buildings in Scotland, published in 2016 by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), found there were only around 200 buildings of this type remaining, most of which are found in small rural communities. Thatched buildings are often traditionally built, showing distinctive local and regional building methods and materials. Those that survive are important in helping us understand these traditional skills and an earlier way of life.
Listed building record revised in 2021 as part of the Thatched Buildings Listing Review.
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