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Cameron Nursery School, 9 Cameron House Avenue, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9311 / 55°55'52"N

Longitude: -3.1608 / 3°9'38"W

OS Eastings: 327570

OS Northings: 671503

OS Grid: NT275715

Mapcode National: GBR 8WP.7B

Mapcode Global: WH6ST.F52Z

Plus Code: 9C7RWRJQ+CM

Entry Name: Cameron Nursery School, 9 Cameron House Avenue, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 9 Cameron House Avenue, Cameron Nursery School

Listing Date: 29 March 1996

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 389520

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB43142

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 9 Cameron House Avenue, Cameron Nursery School

ID on this website: 200389520

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: School building

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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.

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