Kelso High School, Bowmont Street, Kelso

Reid and Forbes, 1936. Art Deco style school; 2 blocks with flat roofs and towers. Harled brick with sandstone dressings. Base courses; moulded cills to 1st floor windows; eaves band courses; low relief detailing to towers and doors, seemingly derived from South American sources.

PRINCIPAL BLOCK:

SE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 2-storey symmetrical range with tower at centre and single storey blocks adjoining to outer left and right. Advanced open porch with broad canopy at centre; architraved doorway; decorative 2-leaf panelled doors; advanced blocks with 3 windows flanking porch, 3 windows (outer lights advanced) at 1st floor behind porch; tower above with canopied bell louvres and clock; Aztec style detailing. Ranges flanking tower with 3 large widnows to each floor; stylized doorpieces to outer left right of ranges with carved decorative panels above; decorative panels above; decorative 2-leaf panelled doors. Later lbocks adjoining to outer left.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: 2-storey symmetrical range with advanced bay at centre and advanced single storey cloakroom blocks adjoining pavilions to outer left and right; band course at 1st floor lintol level. Steps up to doorway at centre; windows flanking doorway. 3 bays to left and right with large windows at ground, small windows at ground, smaller windows at 1st floor and 2-pane windows above band course. Windows at 1st floor to pavilion blocks.

SCIENCE BLOCK: U-plan.

SE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: entrance tower with 9-bay range adjoining to right. Detailing of entrance tower similar to that of main clock tower; advnaced doorpiece and surround to stairwindow; moulded quoin strips. Polygonal corner window at ground to outer right. Windows to both floors in remaining bays.

SW ELEVATION: advanced ground floor with semi-circular block to outer right; architraved doorway with panelled 2-leaf doors; strip windows to ground and 1st floors.

NE ELEVATION: 3-bay range with partially glazed roof; later 4-bay range adjoining to right.

NW ELEVATION: 2 ranges advanced to form U-plan. Lying-pane fixed and casement metal windows with border glazing. Flat roof.

INTERIOR: foyer: glazed doors with Deco handles; geometric polished granite floor with decorative corner details; original light fittings; plain cornice.