Description

Circa 1930. T-plan, single storey nursery school and offices. Grey harled walls.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: full-length glazing; small-paned folding doors with frieze of small windows above including 22 panes of stained glass (see below); full-length, projecting, steel-framed, glazed canopy above.

E AND W ELEVATIONS: 2 large bipartite windows to school hall; variety of single and bipartite windows to offices to N.

12-pane and 6-pane, timber, sash and case windows. Grey slate piended roof; original vents with conical caps.

STAINED GLASS: 22 outstanding secular stained glass panels showing children at play by William Wilson; designed for the school in 1937.

Statement of Interest

The stained glass was commissioned by the City of Edinburgh as part of a scheme to bring the arts into community life: Tom Whalen?s fountain of the Mother and Child at Prestonfield primary school was also part of this initiative.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17807383

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Recommended Books

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)