Former Grammar School, School Place, Kirkwall is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 July 1993. School, office. 1 related planning application.
Former Grammar School, School Place, Kirkwall
- WRENN ID
- white-obsidian-lichen
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Orkney Islands
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 July 1993
- Type
- School, office
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
T S Peace, circa 1890. Single storey and 2-storey irregular-plan school with internal courtyard playground, converted to offices (1980). Squared and snecked rubble sandstone with polished dressings. Contrasting long and short quoins and surrounds to openings; raised window margins.
SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 2-stage bell-tower; bracketed stepped cornice over ground floor; tripartite louvered openings to 1st stage; French pavilion roof with fishscale slates and decorative iron brattishing; gabled lucarnes to each face. Gabled single storey range adjoining to outer left. Single storey range adjoining tower to right and linking with gabled 2-storey range. M-gabled 2-storey window recessed to outer right.
NW ELEVATION: 7-bay single storey range; 3 central bays advanced and pedimented with oculus and corbelled fleche. Gabled 2-storey window recessed to outer left.
Replacement small-pane windows. Grey slate roof; flat lead roof to additions; corniced gablehead stack; block skewputts.
INTERIOR: not seen, 1993.
BOUNDARY WALLS: low coped boundary wall to School Place.
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