Description

James MacLaren and Sons, dated 1894. Scots Jacobean 2-storey courtyard-plan school. Snecked rubble with ashlar dressings,

symmetrical S front set back from road on elevated site.

3-storey central entrance tower, columned semi-circular

arched doorpiece with rusticated voussoirs, canted oriel

and bipartite with pedimented dormer-head above. Flanking

semi-circular turrets with strapwork decoration at 1st floor

and segmentally pedimented dormer-heads at 2nd floor windows, semi-conical roofs swept into pavilion roof with cast-iron

brattishing flanked by curvilinear gable stacks. Symmetrical

3-bay sections link to advanced outer wings, latter with

curvilinear gables, 2 bay with strapwork heads at 1st.

W elevation symmetrical, 3 windows (centre bipartites) either

side of central 2-window curvilinear gable.

E elevation: asymmetrical 8-bays with off-centre 2 by 2

bay wings with curvilinear gable and commemorative plaque.

Single-storey workshops and boundary at rear. Plain elevation

to courtyard, canopy awnings on simple cast-iron brackets

to 3 sides.

Interior largely altered and partitioned.

Cylindrical gatepiers with conical tops. Single-storey lodge

with canted bay, porch in angle. Low pitched broad eaved

roof with centre stack.

Low boundary walls with wrought-iron railings.

Statement of Interest

Formerly the New Industrial School for Girls, now Parkview,

School, owned by the Balgay Trust. Plaque records gratitude

to George Duncan MP who helped found the first Industrial

School in 1855.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17808343

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