Anstruther, St Andrews Road, Former Waid Academy

David Henry, 1884-86, school and adjoining school masters house; J Currie, 1909, library/hall addition to rear. Single storey, 7-bay, roughly I-plan school building with advanced gabled outer bays and advanced, square-plan, 3-stage tower to centre in the collegiate Gothic manner. (1930s classroom block by George Sandilands and all 1956 additions by Fife County Architects to the north are not considered of special interest in listing terms at the time of review).

Squared and snecked sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings. Base course and moulded eaves course. Mullioned windows. Four-centred arch above main entrance with carved tympanum by John Rhind depicting a ship leaving a castellated harbour. Doorpiece is flanked by buttresses. Tower above has shallow-pointed, louvred openings at third stage and a castellated parapet. Former library/hall adjoining to rear has single storey wings flanking a slightly advanced gable (east elevation) with three tall round-headed windows and shouldered skews.

Predominantly multi-pane glazing in timber sash and case frames. Grey slates, pitched roof. Red clay cresting to ridges. Corniced ridge and end stacks to side and rear elevations.

The interior was seen in 2015. Largely typical of buildings for education of its date, with various later remodelling of spaces and fixtures and fittings to accommodate the changing needs of the school over time. The 1909 assembly hall was reconfigured to form a library during the 1956 remodelling and extension to the school. It retains a well-detailed early 20th century double-height, top-lit, trussed timber ceiling.