Basic Site Details
| Name: | Grange School |
| Town, district or village: | Grangemouth |
| City or county: | Stirlingshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Demolished |
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| Notes: | Falkirk Herald - Wednesday 05 February 1896 GRANGEMOUTH OPENING OF THE NEW GRANGE SCHOOL. On Tuesday afternoon the school was formally opened by Mr M'Killop, M.P., in presence of several hundreds of ladies and gentlemen. The opening ceremony took place the large hall on the upper floor, >>> Continuing, said that the number of children on the roll at Dundas School was 964, and at the Zetland School, 505, making a total of The accommodation of Dundas School was 820, and of the Zetland School, 370, making 1100, and leaving children for whom there was no accommodation in the school proper, hut who presently housed two corrugated iron houses and in the Albert Hall. The new school had six class-rooms on the ground floor for 72 scholars each, and on the first floor cookery room, drawing room, and a laboratory, besides the room in which they were assembled, which could, means of revolving partitions, be formed into three class-rooms for 72 scholars each, providing a total accommodation for 048, besides the three rooms for special subjects. The Board acquired ground, and had a sketch plan prepared, whereby at a low cost an addition for fully pupils could be made to the new school whenever circumstances required it. A circular, he said, had been distributed among the inhabitants showing that, to begin with, among other subjects the following would be taught, namely, cookery, manual training, shorthand, book-keeping, chemistry, Latin, French, and German, and, as no fees would be charged, at all events in the meantime. The above is a sketch of the new Technical School [see attached] erected on a feu adjoining the Grangemouth Public Park the Grangemouth School Board, and formally opened on Tuesday. The building, which has been built in accordance with plans designed by G. Deas Page, architect, Falkirk, three storeys in height, the basement floor being used for the heating apparatus, storage, the ground floor are situated class-rooms, lavatories, teachers' rooms, and large central hall. The upper floor rooms are fitted up as drawing-room, workshop, cooking-room, laboratory, and gymnasium. The floors of central hall, landings, corridors, &c, are composed of steel joists and granolithic pavement, and the walls of the same are lined with tiles. The roof over the central hall is open and bound. The laboratory fitted up with all the latest appliances, including fumigating chambers. Fire hydrants are fitted up both inside and outside the building. The furniture and fittings are of oak; red stone from Locharbriggs Quarry, Dumfries, being used externally. The heating is on the low-pressure system, with automatic ventilation throughout. The conveniences and play-sheds are lined with enamelled bricks. The site, over two acres in extent, is enclosed within boundary walls. The building provides accommodation for scholars, and will cost about £8300. The style of architecture is Renaissance. [Note] (NS929817) |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | School | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 4 February 1895 | Opened | ||
People
Design and Construction
| The 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 | |
| George Deas Page | A | 1896 | |||
References
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | 31 May 1929 | CXXXVI | ||
| Falkirk Herald | 5 February 1896 | |||
Archive References
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| Information courtesy of John Reid | Information to website | Sent March 2015 | |