Primary School, Betson Street, Markinch

The building is a primary school dating from 1949, constructed in a late Modern Movement style. It is largely constructed of harl with red brick detailing, incorporating concrete and brick mullions.

The east (principal) elevation features four bays with banded windows, arranged symmetrically with an irregular bay to the outer left. Bays two and four project slightly, framing a wider third bay. Bays two, three, and four have brick aprons, with a band of decorative paterae at ground level; the third bay also has a coat of arms positioned centrally between the ground and first floors. The attic floor is recessed over the third bay, featuring two glazed port-holes set behind a decorative steel parapet.

The south elevation slopes downwards to the west. A cantilevered canopy shelters a deep-set, two-leaf timber swing door, set within a screen of small panes with three vertically aligned glazed roundels in each leaf. A small window sits to the right of the door, with the word "GIRLS" lettered on the outer right. A glazed port-hole is positioned above the door, and a band of fourteen windows runs along the left side at both ground and first floor levels.

The north elevation fronts a ground slope falling to the west. The left side features a three-storey harled bay with a large window on both the ground and first floors. A canopied door, similar to the one on the south elevation and marked “BOYS” on its return, is positioned to the right, with a glazed port-hole above. A narrower, recessed attic floor is set above, incorporating a window. A slightly advanced single-storey, stepped red brick wing adjoins to the west, featuring a window spanning the full width. Steps lead up to a door in the penultimate bay to the right, with a further window extending beyond, and a metal fire escape runs across the stepped-back section. The glazed face of the hall is recessed and visible above a flat-roofed wing, with a service tower projecting to the outer right.

The west elevation is dominated by a narrow, three-sided courtyard accessed via a link passage; this contains three glazed port-holes and steps leading up to a two-leaf timber door in the re-entrant angle at ground level, with varied glazing overlooking the courtyard. An advanced red brick face is situated to the right of the centre, featuring a roller door at centre level, which accesses a basement level, beneath a full-height harled stack. Further to the left of centre is another red brick face with service doors set behind brick pillars at basement level, a row of three glazed port-holes at ground floor level, and a full-width window on the first floor.

The majority of windows use a 3-, 6-, or 9-pane glazing pattern, contained within pivot-hung metal frames. Glass bricks are incorporated into the west stairwell wall. Cast-iron downpipes are fitted, along with decorative rainwater hoppers.

The interior continues the nautical theme with port-holes in doors and steps leading up to a semicircular "poop-deck" within the hall. An Art Deco staircase is lit by glass bricks on the outer wall.

Low coped red brick boundary walls enclose the site. Square gatepiers support decorative steel gates and railings.