St Mary's Primary School And House, Raploch Road, Larkhall

Circa 1872 with later alterations and additions. Single storey, 3-bay gabled and ecclesiastically detailed E-plan primary school (formerly as combined church) with paired modern halls with linking block to W. Snecked cream sandstone rubble with droved and polished dressings. Base course. Chamfered reveals to pointed-arched openings; aproned cills; buttresses to W elevation with trefoil brackets at eaves course.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: bays grouped 2-1. 3 tall windows, evenly disposed, to gabled block to right; decorative cross to gablehead above. Window in each bay to left.

W (SIDE) ELEVATION: originally regularly fenestrated, 8-bay. Now 6-bay with flat-roofed single storey linking block at right angles from bays to outer right (S). Bipartite window (pointed-arched in 2 bays to outer left) in each bay; single window in bay to right, adjacent to projection.

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: 11-bay, grouped 1-3-3-3-1. 2 point-arched windows, evenly disposed, to advanced finialled gabled block to centre; crucifix motif to gablehead above; window to each piend roofed addition flanking. 3 windows, closely disposed in each recessed block flanking. Tall tripartite window in each advanced gabled bay to outer left and right; tall wallhead stack to left of right gable; window Memorial panel, 1902, in gablehead to left.

Timber sash and case and hopper windows. Grey slate roof; slab skews; tall ashlar stack to E; stylised thistlehead/shield motif to skewputts; finialled octagonal ridge vents; cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: timber panelled (some part glazed) architraved door with tall fanlights; timber skirting boards; vertical boarding to dado rail height to hallways; part-glazed timber panelled folding screen partitioning main hall.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: square-plan chamfered ashlar piers with plinths, swept cornices and shallow ogee caps sited to N of main building. Squared sandstone rubble walls with stugged curved ashlar cope.