Description

1859, John Henderson (Edinburgh). Gothic, long low
asymmetrical gabled composition, rubble-built with chamfered
openings. Single storey school and 2-storey school-house
linked by square entrance tower with tall pilastered upper
stage containing clock at lower level and 5 arched belfry
openings at the upper, fish-scale pyramid roof with bell
cast and lucarnes, truncated by upper louvred belfry stage
capped by pyramid spirelet. School south elevation 6-bay,
second from west projecting gabled bay with 4-light window
and roof swept down on west over arched porch, pointed
bipartites others transomed 2-light lancets rising into
gablets, E gable 4 light window, all latticed above the
transom. Schoolhouse has S gable front flush with tower
3-light window ground floor, 2-light at 1st. W front
asymmetrical with projected centre gable with upper 2 light
window corbelled chimney on right, 2-light windows in
left-hand bay, that at 1st with gablet. Slated roof with
broad eaves through out. Undistinguished later
additions and modern temporary buildings to rear.

Statement of Interest

Built and endowed by John Smith of Andover, Massachussetts

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17773752

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (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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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)