School, Acre Road, Muirhouses, Bo'Ness

Dated 1866. Single storey and attic 5-bay L-plan former Schoolhouse and School, cottage orné. Predominantly squared and snecked tooled sandstone (The Old School House painted). Overhanging eaves, chamfered openings. Unusual diagonal pattern leaded lattice glazing to N, E and S elevations.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: off-centre decorative timber piended porch with single storey advanced piended wing to left with projecting single storey and attic gable corbelled between ground and attic floors. Canted 4-light bay window to ground. To right 4-bay single storey wing with central gable containing 1866 datestone, modern door opening to right.

S ELEVATION: advanced single storey and attic gable with timber detailing at apex, slightly recessed single storey 1-bay wing to right, generously recessed low wing to left.

N ELEVATION: single storey and attic gable with timber detailing at apex, narrow low wing to right with possible original entrance to school.

Predominantly original leaded pane glazing to E, S and N elevations. Graded grey slates. Old Schoolhouse: clustered 4 can ridge stack, chimney stalk to W gable end. The Old School House: simple ridge stack and tall stack parallel to W.

INTERIOR: Old Schoolhouse - not seen (2003). The Old School House, former schoolroom, now two rooms but possibly always so. Schoolroom(s) originally open to timber roof, but now floored to form attic rooms. Good quality timber throughout, nicely detailed 4-panelled doors. Original access from Schoolroom(s) to Schoolhouse now blocked up. Small room to rear with cast iron tiled chimneypiece.

BOUNDARY WALLS: to NE, sandstone rubble wall with flat rubble coping.

ANCILLARY STRUCTURES: (The Old School House) Single storey squared and snecked tooled sandstone possible former school lavatory to NW.