Knockbreck Primary School, Ankerville Street, Tain is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 October 1982. School. 1 related planning application.
Knockbreck Primary School, Ankerville Street, Tain
- WRENN ID
- still-moulding-myrtle
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1982
- Type
- School
- Address
- Knockbreck Primary School, Ankerville Street, Tain, IV19 1BL
- OS grid reference
- NH 783 818
- Coordinates
- 57.80933, -4.04904
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Knockbreck Primary School, built in 1877 by A Maitland and Sons, features later additions and alterations from 1908. The building is constructed from sneck coursed rubble with stugged dressings and consists of a large single-storey rectangular complex. The north elevation has five central bays with tripartite windows, flanked by outer gabled bays. The eastern gabled bay is complemented by a wide western gable that includes one tall round-headed window and two shorter flanking windows, all linked by a hoodmould, with smaller outer gabled bays slightly advanced. At the apex, there is a bellcote. The school also has various gabled bays on the west and south sides, retains its original fenestration, features stone finials, and has a slate roof. Additionally, there is a coped rubble retaining wall with spearhead railings.
Local climate
Knockbreck Primary School, Ankerville Street, Tain receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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