Basic Site Details Name: | Primary School | Town, district or village: | Craigellachie | City or county: | Banffshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Building News 6 December 1901 Page 763 and illustration: The school board of Aberlour are providing new schools. The central school in Aberlour is an new building finished in 1897 at a cost of about £4ooo and this new school at Craigellachie, just opened, provides for the growing requirements at that end of the parish. The school provides accommodation for about 230 pupils in two large and well-lighted class-rooms, fitted up with the up-to-date desks and other appliances, and divided with a wood and glass screen which can be wholly removed to the side walls. At both ends there are porches, with a range of wash hand basins in each and ample provision for caps and cloaks. There is a teachers’ room of convenient size, with lavatory attached. The playgrounds have in connection a covered play-shed, and the usual conveniences. The exterior of the building is in character with its situation in Craigellachie. The walls are built of native stone with freestone dressings from Newton Quarries and the roofs are covered with green slates and red tile ridges. Messrs Brown and Watts are the architects'
| Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | School | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | John Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1896 | 1901 | | | | 6 December 1901 | | Opened | 'just opened' |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Alexander Brown | | A | 1896 | 1901 | | | Brown & Watt | | A | 1896 | 1901 | | | George Watt | | A | 1896 | 1901 | |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Aberlour School Board | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Walker, David W and Woodworth, Matthew | 2015 | The Buildings of Scotland: Aberdeenshire North and Moray | | Yale University Press | pp454, 513 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Banffshire Herald | 18 June 1896 | | | | | Building News | 6 December 1901 | | | p763 and illustration |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 2355 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Brown and Watt Scrapbook | | p58 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | George Watt: L v17 no1224 |
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