St John's School, Croft Road, Oban

Dated 1888; later additions and alterations. Single storey with attic, rectangular-plan former Episcopal primary school with 3-bay projection to NW; single storey 20th century addition adjoined to SE. Principal block: squared and snecked tooled granite to NW (bull-faced to NE and SW); pointed rubble to SE. Bull-faced quoins in part; long and short bull-faced surrounds to openings; granite mullions; chamfered cills. Overhanging timber bracketed eaves; timber bargeboards. Harled addition to SE. Single storey, L-plan outbuildings (former playsheds) to NE and SE.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 6-bay. 3-bay projection off-set to left; gabled bay breaking eaves at centre with central timber panelled door; plate glass fanlight; flanking pilasters and side-lights; dated panel centred in gablehead; flanking small bipartite windows; gabled dormer to right. Bipartite window in bay recessed to outer left; single window in bay recessed to right; tripartite window in bay to outer right.

NE and SW (SIDE) ELEVATIONS: principal block with central 5-light glazing row (stepped, tripartite upper light). Modern flat-roofed addition linking gabled block recessed to NE.

SE (REAR) ELEVATION: plain elevation to principal block. Projecting single storey gabled block adjoined at centre. Predominantly plate glass timber sash and case windows; modern glazing to SW. Grey slate roof with terracotta ridging; conical-capped ridge vents. Coped ridge stack above entrance; stepped wallhead stack breaking eaves to side; decorative circular cans throughout.

INTERIOR: 2 classrooms to N and S with boarded timber dado panelling; false ceilings; fireplace to S. Timber panelled doors.

PLAYSHED TO NE: single storey, L-plan part-whitewased granite rubble block. Store to N; shed with cast-iron column suport to S. Grey slate piended roof; rooflight. PLAYSHED TO SE: single storey, L-plan, granite rubble block. Store to S; part-blocked store with cast-iron column support.

BOUNDARY WALLS and GATEPIERS: arched rubble coping to rubble walls enclosing site and irregular-plan former play ground; modern railings above in part. Square-plan gatepiers; 4-stage, tiered square-plan caps; 2-leaf 20th century iron gates. Square-plan, bull-faced granite gatepiers flanking pedestrian entrance to NW with 4-stage, tiered square-plan caps.