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Latitude: 57.5836 / 57°35'0"N
Longitude: -3.8668 / 3°52'0"W
OS Eastings: 288481
OS Northings: 856371
OS Grid: NH884563
Mapcode National: GBR J8TP.3H7
Mapcode Global: WH4G2.KNW7
Plus Code: 9C9RH4MM+C7
Entry Name: Old School, Church Road, Nairn
Listing Name: Church Road, Former School (C G Higgins & Co)
Listing Date: 12 March 1981
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 383768
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB38412
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200383768
Location: Nairn
County: Highland
Town: Nairn
Electoral Ward: Nairn and Cawdor
Traditional County: Nairnshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Later 19th century, single storey H-plan school with square,
2-stage tower to NW corner; stugged rubble, ashlar dressings.
Gothic detailing.
Tower: tripartite to ground floor with pointed windows and
stepped hoodmould continued as string course; bipartite to
2nd stage with shaped gable breaking through corbelled
parapet; fishscale pyramidal roof and weathervane.
West elevation with entrance in re-entrant angles. Central
gable with triple pointed lights under pointed hoodmould with
arcaded fleche at crossing. Large window (modern glazing) under
pointed hoodmould to left wing with similar in north elevation
gable. Two 4 bay school room wings to rear (east) lit by
bipartites; corniced stacks; slate roof. Unfortunate modern
canopy links wings at west.
Now furniture warehouse.
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