Description

1862-4, large additions to rear of 1927. Gothic school building (originally a Ragged School) 2-storey with attics; converted for residential purposes 1990. Long asymmetrical 6-bay main elevation with single storey wing to left. Bull-faced walling, polished

cream sandstone margins and quoins. Pair of taller, 2-storey and attic gabled bays project to left, to right 3 2-storey bays with square single storey projecting square window to centre. To extreme right bay 4-stage octagonal clock tower. All windows bipartite, 6-pane glazing pattern in sash and case form at ground, 1st floor windows with trefoiled heads to 2-storey part, simple bipartites to projecting bays. End skews, graded slate roofs. CLOCK TOWER: octagonal tower with gothic detailing. String courses between diminishing stages; to 3rd trefoil-headed lancets with diamond-pane glazing. Clock face to 4th with pierced and embattled parapet above. CHAPEL/HALL: tall single storey buttressed wing abutting W end of school. Porches project to each side. Tripartite window in gable wall, small bellcote to apex. Very steeply pitched roof with good graded slates. To rear large piend-roofed 2-storey additions, harled walling, 4-light sash and case windows.

Statement of Interest

Originally built as the Ewart Institute, 1862-4 at a cost of $5,000, the Douglas Academy was incorporated within the Ewart Institute under the title of The Newton-Stewart Educational Trust in 1891.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17792004

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey