Description

Dated 1869. Gothic, rectangular-plan school hall. Stugged sandstone; deep base course; stone mullions. Slightly advanced eaves; exposed rafters. Trefoil-headed, 2-light windows.

W (MAIN) ELEVATION: 4 near-symmetrical bays. Bell-cast gabled porch to outer right, timber on sandstone base; shouldered arch 2-leaf chevron boarded door. 3 2-light windows symmetrically disposed directly below eaves.

S ELEVATION: 3-light window at centre, datestone plaque above, flag-pole. Lean-to porch to outer right, boarded door, letterbox fanlight.

Timber lying-pane sash and case windows. Steeply-pitched graded grey slate roof, lead flashings, candlesnuffer spirelet, fleche at centre ridge, wooden base, fish-scale slates, finial.

WALL AND RAILINGS: low plinth wall with simple hoop cast-iron railings and posts.

Statement of Interest

The school is shown on the 1st edition map. It was built for the Luss estates. It is in the style of E B Lamb.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17772847

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey