Janitors House, Loanhead Primary School, Loanhead Street, Kilmarnock is a Grade B listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 August 2002. 1 related planning application.
Janitors House, Loanhead Primary School, Loanhead Street, Kilmarnock
- WRENN ID
- muted-spire-thistle
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 1 August 2002
- Address
- Janitors House, Loanhead Primary School, Loanhead Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 3AP
- OS grid reference
- NS 431 376
- Coordinates
- 55.60684, -4.49214
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Loanhead Primary School, built between 1903 and 1905 to a design by R S Ingram, is a three-storey classical school building. It comprises two main elevations of 11 bays each, along with two elevations of 7 bays. The longer elevations feature a projecting central section of 9 bays, with the central three bays projecting further. The shorter elevations have a projecting central section of 3 bays, flanked by two bays on either side. The building is constructed of squared and snecked Ballochmyle stone, featuring a base course, banded rustication to the ground floor, a band course at the first floor, architraved first-floor windows with aprons, raised cills to the second-floor windows, an eaves course, projecting eaves, and triangular pediments surmounting each elevation. The southeast elevation, originally the main entrance, is a seven-bay elevation with regular window placement and a modern extension to the right. The southwest elevation is an 11-bay elevation with regular window placement, while the northwest elevation also has a seven-bay arrangement and a door with steps in the second bay from the right. The northeast elevation is an 11-bay elevation with regular window placement and a modern extension to the left. The windows are four-pane sash and case style, and the roof is slate with straight skews. The interior was not inspected in 2001.
A single-storey and attic janitor’s house is located nearby, with a three-bay front and a single-storey, seven-bay rear range. The janitor's house also features banded rustication to the ground floor, a first-floor band course, and an eaves course. The northwest (principal) elevation has a central boarded door, flanked by boarded windows, and two pane-less attic windows with pediment dormer gables. A blind shield is present on the gable-head, and a blind link in the centre of the rear elevation connects to the rear range. The southeast (rear) elevation has a central, three-bay pedimented projection with regular fenestration and single windows on the returns, alongside several other windows. The interior of the janitor’s house was not inspected in 2001.
A small coped boundary wall is accompanied by cast-iron railings with spear finials. The square gate piers originally had half-ball crowns, which are now missing, and there are green cast-iron gates. A range of open-fronted lean-to playshelters with cast-iron columns adjoins the southwest boundary wall, while enclosed shelters with three ventilation fleches to the roofline are located to the right.
Local climate
Janitors House, Loanhead Primary School, Loanhead Street, Kilmarnock sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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