Former Junior School Building At Acomb County Primary School And Attached Railing

The Former Junior School Building at Acomb County Primary School, constructed in 1894 with 20th-century additions, was designed by Walter Brierley of Demaine and Brierley of York. It features red brick with ashlar dressings and Westmorland slate roofs, characterized by raised ashlar coped gables. The building has a U-plan layout and is single storey with a moulded brick eaves cornice.

The front elevation facing Front Street has a prominent central block topped by a square leaded tower with a clock on each face and an octagonal domed cupola supported by eight wooden columns, complete with a weathervane finial. There are two pairs of tall, 32-pane glazing bar casements with flat brick heads and keystones that rise through the eaves into two tall gables. The left and right returns each feature a single tall, 48-pane glazing bar casement with similar heads. The side wings, set back on either side, have crow-stepped gables on both the north and south sides, with each front displaying three graduated windows: the central ones are taller 24-pane glazing bar casements with keyed segmental arch heads, while the flanking windows are 12-pane glazing bar casements with flat heads. The outer fronts of both wings to the east and west each have a central pair of tall, 32-pane glazing bar casements with flat brick heads, rising through the eaves into paired curved gables.

On the rear elevation, which faces the playground, there is a recessed centre with a single-storey lean-to extension. Above this, between the pair of rear wall stacks, is an 8-light continuous dormer window. A central late 20th-century projecting flat roof addition includes single projecting porches with segment-headed doorways at the corners.

Inside, the building retains original glazed dividing screens between classrooms, original doors, cupboards, and two original tiled fireplaces. Outside, there is a low brick wall with chamfered ashlar coping, topped with tall railings and gates along Front Street.