Description

3 School blocks, each of stone-cleaned yellow ashlar; all renovated 1974 (dated) Block to N by John Honeyman, 1875-6 (1875 datestone) (cost ?7,375); 3 storeys, symmetrical 5-bay front (entrances in recessed ranges either side), channelled at ground with segmental-arched openings, architraved windows above, consoled hoods at 1st floor, segmental pediment central; horizontal bands and cornice. Centre block J J Craig, 1884-6, slightly simplified version of Honeyman's block, 2 storeys with later attic storey above main entablature, outer windows linked by parapet. Block to S, by J L Cowan, 1902, is on corner with Millroad Street; 2 storeys with deep wall area between floors, blocked architraves at ground, unmargined upper windows set between cill band and deep entablature to Millroad Street, in end wall to Tureen Street a Diocletian window at 1st floor below gabled head.

Glazing throughout mostly original; slate roofs with rooflights; low walls with gatepiers link blocks.

Janitor's lodge at N end with gable to street, compact on plan, 1891 datestone.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17814403

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)