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Latitude: 55.7627 / 55°45'45"N
Longitude: -2.3711 / 2°22'15"W
OS Eastings: 376810
OS Northings: 652211
OS Grid: NT768522
Mapcode National: GBR C1WT.G2
Mapcode Global: WH8X7.KF33
Plus Code: 9C7VQJ7H+3H
Entry Name: Langton Public School, Main Street, Gavinton
Listing Name: Gavinton, North Street, School House with Boundary Walls, Railing, Gates and Gatepiers
Listing Date: 6 February 1996
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 389107
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB42586
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200389107
Location: Langton
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Mid Berwickshire
Parish: Langton
Traditional County: Berwickshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
1874 with later alterations. Single storey with attic, 5-bay, T-plan Tudor-detailed school. Stugged ashlar with polished dressings, to S elevation; squared and snecked stugged sandstone ashlar to remaining elevations. Stop-chamfered arrises.
S (NORTH STREET) ELEVATION: symmetrical. Projecting gabled bay to centre with tripartite mullioned window (with cill recently lowered) and rectangular plaque above carved with "Langton Public School 1874"; corbelled ashlar birdcage bellcote above at apex. Bipartite window to each inner bay. Advanced porches to outer bays with boarded door to each, wrought-iron ornamental hinges; corbelled part-gabled parapet above with ribbon above each door (that to left carved with "By industry we prosper").
N ELEVATION: 3 regularly disposed bipartite windows.
E AND W ELEVATIONS: mullioned tripartite window in gabled bay with window in gablehead.
Timber lying-pane windows. Slate roof with 2 diamond-set ashlar, coped stack to centre. Sawtooth coped skews with pedimented skewputts.
INTERIOR: modern floor division. Exposed timber trussing and boarding.
BOUNDARY WALL, GATEPIERS AND RAILINGS: stugged ashlar with rounded coping and square-plan (with chamfered arrises) gatepiers to vehicular gates to E and pedestrian gate to W. Decorative wrought and cast-iron railings and gates.
The school was divided with the boys? being to W and girls? to E. To the N the monopitch privies still survive.
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