Dalreoch Primary School, King's Way

Dalreoch Primary School, located on King's Way, was designed by Ninian R Johnston of Boswell, Mitchell and Johnston and built between 1953 and 1955. This extensive building serves as a primary school and formerly housed an infant school, situated on rising ground to the north. The structure features brick facing, with a rendered rear, and is constructed with cavity walls. It includes concrete cills and lintels, and rounded brick openings. The entrance is canopied and glazed, topped with sheet metal roofing. Notable painted murals by Sir David Donaldson depict Mary Queen of Scots as a young girl leaving for France from Dumbarton Castle and the story of Noah's Ark.

The principal elevation showcases an advanced two-bay block to the left of a fully glazed entrance, accompanied by a six-bay gymnasium and hall to the right. To the left, there is an 18-bay two-storey classroom block arranged in a pattern of 3-1-6-1-6-1, with a small single-storey cloakroom block recessed at the far left. Tiled steps lead up to double timber and glazed entrance doors, with a window to the right and a concrete canopy featuring circular skylights above a full-height window that opens into the entrance hall.

On the rear elevation, there is a two-storey, 18-bay classroom block to the right, with a 12-bay link block advanced at the center, featuring a pie-crust shaped canopied entrance. To the left, a 14-bay single-storey classroom block completes the layout.

The courtyard elevation features a slightly advanced wallhead to the far right, decorated with a painted tile mural of Noah's Ark, signed by David A Donaldson and fired by James Crawford in 1957. A raised circular terrace is located to the right.

Inside, the school boasts a double-height entrance hall with a mural by David A Donaldson illustrating Mary Queen of Scots' departure from Dumbarton Castle. The entrance hall features a reinforced concrete beam with lozenge-shaped openings and a cast-metal column designed to resemble a tree trunk, supporting a cantilevered gallery with plain metal railings at the back. There are glazed and timber double doors leading into the gymnasium and original glazed and timber double doors to the corridors. The corridor to the west is illuminated by circular skylights.

The building predominantly features 2- and 6-pane rectangular metal windows, with a combination of pitched and flat roofs.