Wallacehall Academy And Schoolhouse, Closeburn

1795 (dated) 3-storey, 3-bay schoolhouse with L-plan rear

(east) wing; latter consists of 1724-9 school and former

schoolhouse by William Luckup and John Crocket, altered by

Walter Newall, 1842, extensions circa 1777 and 1882 (dated).

1795 HOUSE: coursed squared rubble with contrasting red

ashlar dressings; symmetrical west elevation: central door

architrave and half-pilastered doorcase (fluted and inscribed

frieze); eaves course; cornice; coped end stacks; piended

slate roof. Interior: some decorative cornice plasterwork;

arched recess in south west ground floor room with Corinthian

pilasters. REAR WING: rubble built with red ashlar dressings.

2-storey original schoolhouse (mullioned windows with

latticed glazing inserted by Newall) extended to west (ie

nearest present house) circa 1777; stair turret off-centre on

south wall with crow-stepped gable (incorporating original

inscription panel) also by Newall; original schoolroom to

east (set at right angles to house) extended to south 1882 to

provide gymnasium. Original interiors gutted. Slate roofs.

Partly enclosed by ashlar-coped rubble-built walls; corniced

circular gatepiers to south of 1795 house.