Pittenweem Primary School, James Street, Pittenweem

The Pittenweem Primary School, built in 1913 to a design by Andrew Haxton, is a single-story T-plan school with a lower, flat-roofed projection to the south. It is constructed with harled walls and a stone base, incorporating mullioned and transomed windows, gable-headed windows that break the eaves, and some segmental windows.

The south (principal) elevation is symmetrical. The central three-bay section features a central tripartite window which breaks the eaves and encloses a carved panel reading "PITTENWEEM PUBLIC SCHOOL ERECTED 1913," flanked by segmental-gabled single-light windows with elongated, stylized keystones. A flat-roofed projection to the front has an inner two-bay section with a tripartite window flanked by three-light canted bay windows. The outer bays include a slightly recessed one-bay section with an oculus flanked by recessed, piended bays with gabled bipartites, with a re-entrant angle containing entrance doors.

The west and east elevations are mirror images of each other, each featuring a central two-bay section with gabled windows breaking the eaves. To the right of the central section is an advanced, single bay with a piended roof and an off-centre gabled window. To the left is a similar advanced, single bay piended section with a central gabled window.

The north elevation is slightly advanced and features a stylised keystone above the entrance, flanked by segmental-headed single-light windows. There is a door to the far right, approached by four steps set at right angles.

The windows are predominantly timber sash and case windows with horns, featuring an eight-pane over two-pane configuration. Hopper windows are found in the upper parts of the transoms. The two-leaf timber doors on the west, east, and north elevations include margined glass panels above. Those on the west and east elevations are complemented by top-curved fanlights. The roof is covered with graded grey slates, and a corniced ridge stack is located north of the west elevation.

The interior is largely complete and well-preserved with minimal alterations. A large assembly hall is fitted with decorative pierced roof vents and features timber boarding to the dado. A doorcase on the north side contains a memorial dedicated to the First and Second World Wars. Most internal doors are timber three-panel doors with margined glass panels above and retain their original handles. Classrooms remain largely as originally designed. A room to the northwest contains a black range with white tiles set into a white-tiled area, and to the left are fitted timber bookcases with margined glass panels above.

The gate piers and boundary walls are predominantly brick with flat coping on the west, north, and east sides. Simple square brick gate piers mark the west boundary. To the south, a low outer wall surmounted by railings curves inwards to simple square gate piers with corniced caps. A high rubble wall with triangular coping runs south to north, forming a courtyard entrance to the school.