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Kingswell Nursery School, Seafield Street, Banff

A Category C Listed Building in Banff, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6672 / 57°40'1"N

Longitude: -2.5292 / 2°31'44"W

OS Eastings: 368530

OS Northings: 864266

OS Grid: NJ685642

Mapcode National: GBR N83G.B2Z

Mapcode Global: WH8LW.3KX4

Plus Code: 9C9VMF8C+V8

Entry Name: Kingswell Nursery School, Seafield Street, Banff

Listing Name: Seafield Street, Kingswell Nursery School

Listing Date: 15 March 1995

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 357559

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB22097

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200357559

Location: Banff

County: Aberdeenshire

Town: Banff

Electoral Ward: Banff and District

Traditional County: Banffshire

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Description

Dated 1889. Single storey T-plan school; dark local whinstone, tooled and polished ashlar dressings and margins. Centre advanced gable (long arm of T) with pair large round-headed windows flanked by lean-to porches, each door with flanking lights and double leaf-plank doors with decorative cast-iron hinges. Large tripartite window in each return gable. Multi-pane glazing with timber astragals and window frame. Slate roof with original diminutive triangular vents; tall corniced end stacks.

ENCLOSING WALLS: school enclosed 3 sides with high coped rubble walls. Lower walls front street with centre pair widely spaced gatepiers and second pair as pedestrian entrance.

Statement of Interest

Plaque in central gable inscribed 'The Ramsay School AD 1889'.

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