Langton Public School, Main Street, Gavinton is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 February 1996. School.

Langton Public School, Main Street, Gavinton

WRENN ID
keen-moulding-ash
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 February 1996
Type
School
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

1874 with later alterations. Single storey with attic, 5-bay, T-plan Tudor-detailed school. Stugged ashlar with polished dressings, to S elevation; squared and snecked stugged sandstone ashlar to remaining elevations. Stop-chamfered arrises.

S (NORTH STREET) ELEVATION: symmetrical. Projecting gabled bay to centre with tripartite mullioned window (with cill recently lowered) and rectangular plaque above carved with "Langton Public School 1874"; corbelled ashlar birdcage bellcote above at apex. Bipartite window to each inner bay. Advanced porches to outer bays with boarded door to each, wrought-iron ornamental hinges; corbelled part-gabled parapet above with ribbon above each door (that to left carved with "By industry we prosper").

N ELEVATION: 3 regularly disposed bipartite windows.

E AND W ELEVATIONS: mullioned tripartite window in gabled bay with window in gablehead.

Timber lying-pane windows. Slate roof with 2 diamond-set ashlar, coped stack to centre. Sawtooth coped skews with pedimented skewputts.

INTERIOR: modern floor division. Exposed timber trussing and boarding.

BOUNDARY WALL, GATEPIERS AND RAILINGS: stugged ashlar with rounded coping and square-plan (with chamfered arrises) gatepiers to vehicular gates to E and pedestrian gate to W. Decorative wrought and cast-iron railings and gates.

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