Gartsherrie Academy, Academy Street, Coatbridge is a Grade B listed building in the North Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 April 1988. School.
Gartsherrie Academy, Academy Street, Coatbridge
- WRENN ID
- south-string-barley
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Constituency
- Coatbridge and Bellshill MP: Frank McNally (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 April 1988
- Type
- School
- OS grid reference
- NS 731 652
- Coordinates
- 55.86387, -4.02788
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Gartsherrie Academy, located on Academy Street in Coatbridge, was rebuilt in the 1870s after a fire but is said to incorporate elements of the original Gartsherrie Academy, which was constructed by the Bairds of Gartsherrie in 1845. The school features classical ornamentation, primarily with Italianate arcaded round-arched lights, and has a symmetrical facade facing Academy Street. It is built of polished yellow ashlar and is divided into three individually-roofed sections, with the central part set forward and a storey taller than the others. The top storey is set back and features a shallow block pediment topped by a cupola, along with end stacks. The ground level has a triple-arched entrance, and the two-storey outer ranges each contain four lights on each level, with a series of lights on the flanks. The original glazing is still intact.
The building has piended slate roofs. The interior was rebuilt by Thomas Martin in 1908. The playground is enclosed by rock-faced walls and features decorative cast-iron gates and railings.
Local climate
Gartsherrie Academy, Academy Street, Coatbridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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