Dalbeattie Primary School (1876 building only)

Dalbeattie Primary School, built in 1876 by James Barbour, is a single-storey, symmetrical school building with 13 bays, designed in a plain Gothic style. It is situated on a raised site that slopes to the north and east. The structure is primarily made of square snecked granite, featuring a string course at ground level. A central entrance tower rises in three stages, culminating in an octagonal, louvred third stage topped with a wrought iron weathervane. The building has advanced gabled end bays with ventilated arrow slits at the gable heads, and a small gabled bay on the left side that includes an entrance door on the return. There is also a later entrance door on the right side in the penultimate end bay.

The windows throughout are predominantly 6-pane timber in sash and case style. The roof is gabled and covered with slate, featuring overhanging eaves and plain timber bargeboarding.

The interior, last seen in 2013, has been largely modernised to accommodate late 20th-century classroom facilities, including a gymnasium and cafeteria.

The boundary wall along Southwick Road marks the southern perimeter of the property and dates from around 1876. It is constructed from a mix of granite and sandstone random coursed rubble, topped with granite coping stones that include plain, pyramidal caps on the granite gatepiers.