Craneswater Middle School

Craneswater Middle School, formerly Southern Modern School for Boys, is a school building of 1910, designed by AE Cogswell. It is constructed of red brick in stretcher and English bond, with stone dressings. The steeply pitched hipped roof is covered in plain tiles, and features an external brick stack to the right of the centre. The architectural style is Free Flemish.

The building has six bays, two storeys, and an attic. The main block is set back from Albert Road, with the central three bays projecting. The centre of the building features three large, round-headed, five-light wood mullioned and transomed casement windows, each set under a gauged brick round arch with a keystone and four stone voussoirs, a moulded stone bead, and a yellow brick band at springing level and halfway above the moulded stone band sill. The centre casement is flanked by brick pilasters to both ground and first floors, each with a stone cap. Flanking the central section are octagonal brick turrets that terminate above the first floor with moulded stone panels, a cornice, and an ogee cap. The first floor has a moulded stone sill band with three five-light wood mullioned and transomed casement windows, each set under a flat stone arch. The centre bay of the first floor has four small attic casements within an elaborate shaped brick and stone facing gable, flanked by brick pilasters with stone Ionic capitals, a moulded stone cornice, scrolls, and a semicircular stone fan gable, all accompanied by an arcaded stone balustraded parapet. A square timber cupola with a lead-covered base, a balustrade with round-arched openings on each side, pediments above, an ogee lead-covered dome, and a pinnacle, is situated on the rear gable at the intersection with the main roof. To the left of the central section is a three-light wood mullioned and transomed casement facing an ornate stone coped brick gable with a semicircular stone fan apex. To the right of the central section is a three-light casement set under a flat stone arch, divided horizontally at the centre by stone panels. The first floor has a three-light wood transomed casement. To the right of the stack, a semicircular six-light wood mullioned and transomed casement is set under a gauged brick arch with a keystone, four stone voussoirs, a moulded stone band, and a sillband to the first floor, alongside a two-light wood mullioned and transomed casement flanked by brick pilasters and set under a flat stone arch with ornate facing gable, mirroring the details on the left side and incorporating two small attic casements. Entrances are located on the left and right returns. The interior was not inspected during the listing assessment.