St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, 9 St Mary's Lane, Dundee

W W Friskin (Allan and Friskin) 1923-7. School, 2 and 3-storey in fall of ground, brick-built with concrete band courses. Double L-plan, from N to S:

UPPER (BOYS) LEVEL: L-plan school, elevation to St Mary's lane playground has bays divided by chamfered pilaster strips. Elevation to Gray's Lane 15-bay, plain with cement render to upper parts of windows. HALL BLOCK: 2-storey and basement, polychrome cross wing, (basement hall with staff rooms over) brick-built with concrete band and string courses. Gabletted door in S re-entrant. 4-storey E stair tower with 3 pilaster strips to S. Single storey E projection and coved cantilevered concrete roof.

LOWER (GIRLS) LEVEL: 2-storey, obtuse angled wing at Burnside Street. W elevation bays divided by chamfered pilaster strips. Modern single-storey kitchen added to E elevation.

ELEVATION TO BURNSIDE STREET: 4 ground floor windows with blind semi-circular heads, herringbone brickwork in tympana. 2 triple lights over bet ween 3 niches. Narrow windows to sides. Triangular fin steps up from stair tower at right. Toilet block at angle with St Mary's Lane, 7 recessed bays between pilaster piers.

Flat concrete playground roofs with steel railings. Windows sash and case with vertical astragals.

INTERIOR: Corridor plan with classrooms off. Original fittings and timberwork. Timber boarded hall. Reinforced concrete ceilings.

BOUNDARY WALLS brick-built with concrete coping and steel railings. Brick gatepiers with concrete Cross of Lorraine caps to St Mary's Lane. Ornate steel gates.