Fort William Primary School, Auchintore Road, Fort William

Circa 1876. Alexander Ross. 2-storey and single storey, gabled school buildings. Rock-faced granite with red sandstone dressings. Stone mullions.

PRINCIPAL BLOCK: 2-storey U-plan block flanked by lower single storey and attic block to left. U-plan blocked with gabled outer bays each with tripartite windows to each floor, that at 1st floor stepped at centre, with relieving arch over and with oculus or clock in gablehead above, crowned by terracotta finials; 2 bays with bipartite windows at centre, breaking eaves at 1st floor in gabled dormerheads; lean-to porch in re-entrant angle to left with pointed arch doorway. 3-stage tower in re-entrant angle to right with dividing string courses, pointed arch door at ground, blind arrowslits above with pointed arch, hoodmoulded windows at 3rd stage, breaking eaves in pyramidal roof. Leaded base of former ventilating spire to centre of main ridge. Lower block similarly with gabled dormerheads to windows breaking eaves.

SINGLE STOREY BLOCK: harled to rear. Principal elevation with band course at ground. 2 advanced gabled bays to centre with stepped and hoodmoulded tripartite windows, 1 gable with decorative metal finial, flanked to right by further gabled tripartite flanked by smaller single windows and further window to outer left. Ridge ventilators and gabled, louvred ventilators to roof pitch. Gabled projections and lean-to open porch to rear. Both blocks with horizontal-pane, timber sash and case windows (plate glass or 4-pane to smaller windows). Grey slates, metal flashing.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996