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'.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56626663

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)