Closeburn School

Closeburn School is a building designed by architect James Barbour of Dumfries, featuring a symmetrical layout with heavy Jacobean detailing. It is constructed from snecked red bullfaced ashlar with polished dressings and is mostly two storeys high. The south elevation includes a two-stage central bell tower flanked by two bays on either side; the inner bays are three-storey with a parapet, while the gabled outer bays are recessed. The lower stage of the tower has battered walls with two depressed-arched doors, and it is topped with obelisk pinnacles at the corners and a bellcote that has pierced openings and a pyramidal roof. Most windows are mullioned, and the third-floor windows feature cusped heads. The four-bay north elevation has outer gables, and the roof is glazed over the inner windows. There are depressed-arched upper windows facing east and west, located below wall-head gables. The building has small paned glazing throughout, along with corniced stacks, axial vents, and slate roofs. It is enclosed by walls made of ashlar coping and mostly rubble, with simple wrought-iron gates and railings at the south side, leading to the roadside and between the playgrounds.