Dysart Primary School, Normand Road, Dysart

William Williamson, 1914-15 with later extension. 17-bay (grouped 2-1-2-7-2-1-2), single, 2-storey and part basement, Queen Anne style school on ground falling steeply to S with weathervane-finialled cupola. Narrow blocks of bull-faced rubble with contrasting red sandstone dressings. Deep sandstone base course and eaves course. Segmental-headed, corniced and pilastered red sandstone doorcases with blocking course and flanking ball finials; keystoned and voussoired round-headed window to centre; channelled pilasters, and cupola. Chamfered arrises.

W (NORMAND ROAD) ELEVATION: symmetrical. 5 taller, advanced bays to centre with round-headed window over deep sandstone apron and flanking windows below moulded date stone in gablehead and flanking pilasters, 2 windows to each side and further flanking pilasters. 2 bays to right each having tripartite window with raised centre breaking eaves into swept and piended dormerhead, and blind sandstone apron; bays to left mirror this. Penultimate bay to right with steps up to doorcase marked 'BOYS', with 2-leaf panelled timber door; similar bay to left marked 'GIRLS' but without steps. 2 windows to outer bays.

E (REAR) ELEVATION: largely symmetrical elevation with service bays to raised basement and classroom windows over, some with dormerheads breaking eaves.

S ELEVATION: asymmetrical elevation including segmental-headed windows to raised basement (see Notes) and sympathetic 1990s extension adjoining to right.

N ELEVATION: narrow gable to centre with windows to ground and 1st floor (see Notes), raised centre tripartite window to left and lower wing to right with 2 bipartite windows and further window to outer right.

9-, 16- and 24-pane glazing patterns in timber sash and case windows; decorative astragals to centre W window. Small grey slates. Coped ashlar stacks and ashlar-coped skews.

INTERIOR: central corridor with circular rooflights and flanking classrooms all with dado rails or boarded dadoes. 7-bay gym-hall with shallow barrel, ribbed roof. Cellar with round- and segmental-arched openings.

BOUNDARY WALLS, GATEPIERS, GATES AND RAILINGS: low saddleback-coped ashlar, and high semicircular-coped rubble boundary walls; square-coped sandstone ashlar gatepiers with decorative ironwork gates and plain railings. High rubble boundary wall with segmental arch to E (Hill Street).