Bargeddie Primary School, Coatbridge Road, Bargeddie

This is a primary school, built in 1894, designed by James Davidson. It is situated on ground sloping to the east and north. The school is a single-storey, roughly rectangular building with seven bays, exhibiting baronial detailing. A basement houses the boiler room, located to the northeast of the building, and a mid-20th century lavatory extension is situated to the north, at the rear.

The building is constructed of squared and coursed tooled pink sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings. Key features include a deep, splayed bull-faced basecourse, a moulded crenellated eaves course, crowstepped gables, roll-moulded openings, and battlemented pediments above projecting windows on the south side and at the eastern entrance. Original cast-iron fleche railings mark the southern and eastern boundary walls, while geometric cast-iron balustrading defines the eastern side entrance. Crenellated capitals adorn the gatepiers.

The principal or south elevation is symmetrical, with a centrally advanced, crowstepped-gabled section containing a tripartite window. The gablehead is raised and carved with a coat of arms and orb finial. Flanking the central window are bipartite windows, and a door is located to the left. A single window sits to the right, while wide crowstepped-gabled outer bays feature slightly advanced tripartite windows, cornices, and battlementing. One gable bears the inscription "OMSB" above and the date "1894." The building has chamfered arrises and orb finials.

The east elevation has seven bays and a wallhead. A battlemented, canopied doorway is located in the third bay from the right, with a replacement two-leaf door, a large four-pane fanlight, and bull-faced masonry steps featuring decorative geometric cast-iron railings.

The north rear elevation exhibits regular fenestration and former doorways, now partially obscured by the mid-20th century flat-roofed lavatory extension. Crowstepped-gabled outer bays are visible. The west elevation features seven bays and a wallhead.

Tall, narrow four-pane metal windows have replaced the original eight- and nine-pane timber sash and case windows. Replacement doors are also present. The roofs are pitched and covered with modern Spanish slates, retaining original terracotta ridge tiles. Beaked and scrolled skewputts are incorporated into the design. A coped gablehead stack is located to the northeast.

Inside, the school features a central pitched roof hall constructed with steel beams, with large, circular vents positioned on the east and west sides, featuring decorative pierced cast-iron panels. Classrooms surround the hall, some with glazed upper walls, although some rooms have been fitted with modern partitions.

The boundary walls are stepped and low, constructed of snecked, tooled rubble and topped with original cast-iron fleche railings, running along the south and east sides. Two pairs of square-plan gatepiers with stop-chamfered edges are present along the south side, featuring corniced and crenellated caps. Higher coped rubble walls enclose the west and north rear boundaries.