Description

James H Langlands, William Gillespie Lamond assisting, begun 1911, burnt while under construction 1912, rebuilt 1912-14. Incorporates previous school by James Ireland and David MacLaren 1884. Somewhat altered and added to, particularly at N. 3-storey school in characteristic Lamond/Harrison Townsend art noveau manner. Twin gabled S front. Original ground floor detailing and 1st floor cill course eroded by Lamond. Railed access to boiler/air intake. Side elevations stepped mezzanine stair and cloakroom sections with 4-light window strips and curvilinear parapets flank 4-light classrooms, centres bipartite with semi-circular dormerheads. Square-section stack projects from W elevation. N elevation ground floor playshelter now enclosed by modern dining hall extension; 2 tiers of 6-light cloakroom windows at 1st, gabletted classroom at 2nd. Piended and gabled slate roofs. Broad-eaved dome-capped ventilator over central hall (similar cap removed from S ventilator). Pivot windows with horizontal glazing bars.

INTERIOR: substantially modernised.

Statement of Interest

Janitors house at Lilybank Road now demolished.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17799703

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  For the Record
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)