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Latitude: 55.6199 / 55°37'11"N
Longitude: -2.5618 / 2°33'42"W
OS Eastings: 364717
OS Northings: 636405
OS Grid: NT647364
Mapcode National: GBR B3KG.57
Mapcode Global: WH8XX.M09H
Plus Code: 9C7VJC9Q+X7
Entry Name: Village Hall, Smailholm
Listing Name: Smailholm Village Hall
Listing Date: 23 April 1999
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 393283
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB46113
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200393283
Location: Smailholm
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Kelso and District
Parish: Smailholm
Traditional County: Roxburghshire
Tagged with: Hall
1860, with later additions and alterations; converted for use as village hall, 1973. Single storey former school comprising 3-bay, rectangular-plan central block with lower, 2-bay flanking wings; lean-to addition at rear to NW; flat-roofed addition at rear to NE. Squared and snecked whinstone to front; harl-pointed whinstone rubble to sides and rear; cream sandstone dressings throughout. Raised base course; narrow quoin strips to central block; tooled quoins; tooled surrounds to openings; plain margins; projecting cills.
SE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: central block with large single windows in all 3 bays. Lower wing slightly recessed to right with boarded timber door to left; single window to right. Lower wing slightly recessed to left with single windows in both bays.
SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: projecting gable-end with large single window off-set to left of centre. Single window in lean-to addition to outer left.
NW (REAR) ELEVATION: central block with large single windows in all 3 bays. Lower wing to right with lean-to addition projecting to outer right. Lower wing to left with flat-roofed projection to front.
NE (SIDE) ELEVATION: projecting gable-end with large single window off-set to right of centre with relieving arch. Flat-roofed addition to outer right.
4-, 12- and 24-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roofs; sawtooth skews. Squat remains of apex stacks to central block; cans missing.
INTERIOR: not seen 1999.
Ceased being a school in 1970. A good, relatively intact example of its plain, mid 19th century type. Features of particular note include the 24-pane glazing and the retention of the original, near-symmetrical layout - the central block being flanked by lower wings. The fact that the building dates from 1860 is also of interest, as it predates the 1872 Education Act. Rutherfurd notes Mr Thomas Wood as schoolmaster here in 1866, and an average attendance of 80.
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