Basic Site Details Name: | Kirkwall Grammar School | Town, district or village: | Kirkwall | Island: | Mainland | City or county: | Orkney | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | 1904 EXTENSION - The new buildings which have been added to the Burgh School, Kirkwall, were opened on the 8th inst. by Sir Henry Craik. The addition is a two story building of blue stone, with freestone facings, and is for pupils receiving a secondary education. The wing consists of four apartments on the ground floor - namely, head master's room, head master's classroom, first assistant's room, and the school hall. On the first floor there are eight rooms - viz., board room, science room, two classrooms, laboratory, male and female teachers' cloak-rooms, and store-room. The school hall is 59 feet by 24 feet 6 inches, the laboratory 34 feet 6 inches by 24 feet 6 inches. There is one classroom seated for 100 pupils, one for 60, and one for 50. The largest classroom is divided by one of Peace and Norquoy's partitions, making it into two rooms suitable for 50 pupils each, but which can at will be made into one large room. [Building News 16 September 1904 p396] | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Kirkwall Burgh School | | | | Orkney Island Council Offices | Yes | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | School Place | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1873 | 1874 | | | | October 1959 | | Scheme accepted | £100,000 alterations and extensions to grammar school to form a secondary school per Builder 30 Oct 1959 p557 | | 1960 | | Build/construction | Alterations and extensions | | 1970s(?) | | Alteration/conversion | Conversion to Local Authority offices |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Orkney Islands Council | Client for conversion 1970s |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Gifford, John | 1992 | Highland and Islands (The Buildings of Scotland) | | Penguin Books | p334 | | RIBA | 1981 | Directory of Practices 1981 | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 30 October 1959 | | | p557 ('£679,400 Schools Plan' p557) |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 36809 | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Thomas Smith Peace Junior: L v20 no1512 |
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