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Baird Hall, High Street, Linlithgow

A Category C Listed Building in Linlithgow, West Lothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9762 / 55°58'34"N

Longitude: -3.6049 / 3°36'17"W

OS Eastings: 299944

OS Northings: 677078

OS Grid: NS999770

Mapcode National: GBR 1S.WD2S

Mapcode Global: WH5R8.L1LW

Plus Code: 9C7RX9GW+F2

Entry Name: Baird Hall, High Street, Linlithgow

Listing Name: High Street, Baird Hall

Listing Date: 16 March 1992

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 382551

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB37458

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200382551

Location: Linlithgow

County: West Lothian

Town: Linlithgow

Electoral Ward: Linlithgow

Traditional County: West Lothian

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Description

Brown and Wardrop, 18663. 2-storey, 4-bay symmetrical Baronial schoolhouse now converted as residential. Squared, snecked cream sandstone, ashlar dressings. Stop-chamfered reveals, eaves course stepped as hood-moulds over dormerheaded windows to centre, finialled and saw tooth coping to gables (finial missing on porch gable to outer right, bracketted skewputts.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 2 gabled dormerheaded windows breaking eaves at centre (tall windows lowered during alteration to current use), square ashlar panels to gablehead; lower gabled porch to outer right, narrow window to S face, boarded door on left return. Mirror image to outer left with door now blocked as small window and blind window to S face.

Modern glazing. Grey slate roof.

Statement of Interest

Unfortunate loss of some of the character of the building with the lengthening and part blocking of the windows, however the former schoolhouse is attractively detailed and adds to the group value of the townscape.

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