Description

1850; east wing and bellcote added 1875. Single storey, 7-bay asymmetrical U-plan former school with 2 advanced gabled ends with flat-roofed hall addition between; bracketed and gabletted bellcote to right gable. Painted render with painted sandstone dressings. Base course; eaves course to central hall; plain margins to openings; blind windows; keystoned oculus to gableheads; strip quoins.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central 3-bay hall addition: deep-set, 2-leaf, part-glazed timber doors in slightly recessed bay to centre; 2 small windows flanking to right. Window in each bay to right and left flanking. 2 windows to each gabled bay to outer right and left; blind oculus above; bellcote to right hand gablehead.

Boarded windows, (formerly steel-framed, small-paned with side-opening casements). Grey slate roof; felt roof covering to hall addition; ashlar skews; ovolo-moulded skewputts; corniced ashlar ridge stack; cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: not fully seen, 1998; simple interior with most classrooms retaining their original timber doors; timber dado; timber floors.

Statement of Interest

Built in 1850, Crosshill School originally consisted of 2 classrooms with a connecting corridor; this arrangement now forms the west wing of the building. In 1853 a Schoolmaster?s house was built adjacent to the school and in 1875 the east wing and bellcote were added; a central hall was also constructed between the wings. In 1904 the school moved to Strathaven Academy and Crosshill School became a cookery and science annexe. The Miner?s WelfareCentre held meetings here during the 1930s and in 1947 the building was used as a primary school, feeding Strathaven Academy. The striking double gabled elevation to the street, keystoned oculi and tall bellcote are of particular interest.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77772552

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)