Technical School, Kirkcaldy High School, St Brycedale Avenue, Kirkcaldy is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 February 1997. Educational building. 6 related planning applications.
Technical School, Kirkcaldy High School, St Brycedale Avenue, Kirkcaldy
- WRENN ID
- dusted-buttress-hemlock
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1997
- Type
- Educational building
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
William Williamson, 1926-8; 1966 tower not included in listing. 3-storey, 24-bay (grouped 3-18-3), austere classical style educational building with pyramidal-roofed corner towers to SE and SW, and generous fenestration. Ashlar with channelled quoins. Base course, ground and 2nd floor moulded cill courses and eaves course, with eaves cornice and stepped blocking course to towers. Architraved windows to towers.
S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 18 bays to centre with windows and dividing pilasters to ground and 1st floors; slightly set-back 2nd floor 'attic' with decorative railings and regular fenestration; stepped block pediment over 4 centre bays. Slightly advanced towers to outer bays, with 3 windows to each floor.
W (GOW CRESCENT) ELEVATION: 19-bay (grouped 3-12-1-3). Symmetrical fenestration to 12 centre bays, ground floor with channelled dividing piers. Slightly advance stair tower to right with wide (vehicular?) entrance to left and pedestrian door to right at ground, 10-part transomed and mullioned glazed wall above; advanced tower to outer right with 3 windows at ground; and 3 slightly advanced bays to outer left with 3 windows to each floor, blocking course and channelled quoin strips (mirrors tower to right).
E (CARLYLE ROAD) ELEVATION: originally mirror of W elevation but now with modern glazing to 2nd floor and link to 1966 tower to right.
N (SANG ROAD) ELEVATION: largely obscured by later building to N but piended towers visible to outer bays.
Vertical windows with 3-pane glazing, that to centre pivot opening.
INTERIOR: modern. Stair towers retain cast-iron balusters with timber handrails.
BOUNDARY WALLS AND RAILINGS: low saddleback-coped ashlar boundary walls with inset railings.
Detailed Attributes
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