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Latitude: 55.8621 / 55°51'43"N
Longitude: -4.2076 / 4°12'27"W
OS Eastings: 261932
OS Northings: 665411
OS Grid: NS619654
Mapcode National: GBR 0XL.4C
Mapcode Global: WH4Q7.BXMG
Plus Code: 9C7QVQ6R+RX
Entry Name: Janitor's House, Haghill Primary School, 16 Marwick Street, Glasgow
Listing Name: 42 Marwick Street and 9-29 Walter Street, Haghill Primary School Including Gate Piers, Boundary Walls and Railings and 16 Marwick Street (Janitor's House)
Listing Date: 28 January 2004
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 397241
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB49650
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: 16 Marwick Street, Haghill Primary School, Janitor's House
ID on this website: 200397241
Location: Glasgow
County: Glasgow
Town: Glasgow
Electoral Ward: Dennistoun
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
Tagged with: Building
(School demolished, Janitor's House extant, now 2 Marwick Street, being refurbished as part of housing development – information received December 2025).
South (Walter Street) (Principal) Elevation: off centre four-bay pedimented gable with GBS in gable apex. 1904 datestone at ground floor. "Haghill Public School” frieze between first and second floor, "School Board of Glasgow” frieze between second and third floor. Four bays to right, Five bays to left.
North (Marwick Street) Elevation: central advanced three-bay pedimented gable with GBS in gable apex. "Haghill Public School” frieze between first and second floor, "School Board of Glasgow” frieze between second and third floor. One bay to left, three bays to right.
West Elevation: flat-roofed entrance archway with two storeys recessed above, three-bay pedimented gable to right, four bays bowed to left with advanced single bay two-storey entrance. Later single storey red sandstone addition obscures arched entrance.
East Elevation: flat-roofed entrance archway with two storeys recessed above, One-bay pedimented gable to left, six bays bowed to right with advanced single bay two-storey entrance. Later single storey red sandstone addition obscures entrances.
Varied glazing pattern, mostly timber four pane sash and case with top hoppers. Plain tall stacks to west and east. Plenum heating and ventilation system chimney to south.
Interior: good interior with classrooms set around central hall.Hammer-beam roof with steel ties, long roof lights and decorative ventilators. Decorative cast iron radiators to ground floor hall. Dado height tiling throughout hall and corridors with egg and dart detail.
Gate piers and boundary walls: high squared and snecked red sandstone wall with base course and corniced coping to southwest, low squared and snecked stone wall to north, south and east with simple steel railings. Decorative square gate piers with curved coping, one to Marwick Street, two to Walter Street, inscribed BOYS, GIRLS and INFANTS.
Janitor's House (2 Marwick Street): single storey and attic, three-bay red sandstone ashlar janitor's house, mullioned windows. Principal (East) Elevation: central entrance door flanked by two storey one bay gable to left and one bay to right with pedimented dormer. Grey slates, stacks to north and south with tall stack at southwest.
Notes: A good example of a Glasgow School Board School. All the classrooms were designed to seat 60 children with infants on the ground floor and boys and girls on the first and second floors. The typical plan of classrooms arranged around a central well fulfilled several important considerations for the running of the school - the ground floor could be used as a drill hall for the pupils while the central well allowed good ventilation and gave the headmaster and headmistress the opportunity to observe all the classrooms from a central point. The playground was separated into Boys and Girls areas from north to south, each with their own lavatories and shelters. Evidence of the original tiered schoolroom seating is still visible in tiered timber panelling in some of the schoolrooms. The setting of the school within a square of traditional tenements is noteworthy. The school is due to move to new premises in June 2004 and has already vacated the top floor. Janitor's house in poor repair, boarded up, with most of the rainwater goods missing.
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