Closeburn School is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. School. 1 related planning application.
Closeburn School
- WRENN ID
- south-cupola-furze
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- Type
- School
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
James Barbour of Dumfries, architect. School, symmetrically
designed, with heavy Jacobean detailing. Snecked red
bullfaced ashlar, polished dressings. Mostly 2 storeys. South
elevation: 2-stage central bell tower; 2 bays either side
(inner bays 3-storey, with parapet; gabled outer bays
recessed); tower lower stage battered with 2 depressed-arched
doors; obelisk pinnacles over angles, bellcote with pierced
openings and pyramidal roof. Windows mostly mullioned; 3rd
floor windows have cusped heads. 4-bay north elevation has
outer gables and roof glazed over inner windows. Depressed-
arched east and west-facing upper windows below wall-head
gables. Small paned glazing throughout. Corniced stacks;
axial vents; slate roofs. Enclosed by ashlar-coped (mostly
rubble-built) walls, simple wrought-iron gates and railings
at south, to roadside, and between playgrounds.
Detailed Attributes
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