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Schoolhouse for Dalmellington Primary School (Former), 16, Ayr Road, Dalmellington
Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved. © Copyright and database right 2025. Public Sector Viewing Terms
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- Canmore:
- DALMELLINGTON, 16 AYR ROAD
- Historic Scotland:
- HS Reference No 48145
General Details and Location
Category
AT RISK
Name of Building
Schoolhouse for Dalmellington Primary School (Former)
Other Name(s)
Address
16, Ayr Road, Dalmellington
Locality
Postcode
Planning Authority
Divisional Area
Reference No
4231
Listing Category
C
OS Grid Ref
NS 47648 05956
Location Type
Small Town
HS Reference No
48145
Description
Single storey and attic, 3-bay former school house to Dalmellington Primary School. Squared-and snecked sandstone with polished dressings. Base course; raised long and short margins and quoins; chamfered reveals; gableted dormers with timber bargeboards; overhanging eaves with exposed bargeboarding.
The land on which Dalmellington Primary School and schoolhouse is built was originally part of the estate of the Honourable Charlotte Macadam Cathcart of Craigengillan. In 1873 she gifted the ground to the people of Dalmellington for the purpose of building a school. The schoolhouse, which lies immediately to the south of the school is a neat and well composed building. It does not appear on the 1st (1860) Edition OS Map, and may be contemporary with the school itself. (Historic Scotland)
The land on which Dalmellington Primary School and schoolhouse is built was originally part of the estate of the Honourable Charlotte Macadam Cathcart of Craigengillan. In 1873 she gifted the ground to the people of Dalmellington for the purpose of building a school. The schoolhouse, which lies immediately to the south of the school is a neat and well composed building. It does not appear on the 1st (1860) Edition OS Map, and may be contemporary with the school itself. (Historic Scotland)
Building Dates
circa 1874
Architects
Possibly Brown & Lawrence
Category of Risk and Development History
Condition
Fair
Category of Risk
Low
Exemptions to State of Risk
Field Visits
01/07/2003, 09/10/2009, 29/10/2014
Development History
July 2003: External inspection reveals the school and the school house to be boarded up and vacant.
October 2009: External inspection reveals that the school has been demolished. The schoolhouse stands vacant and boarded up but in a reasonable state of repair.
29 October 2014: External inspection finds the building has had metal boarding installed, but otherwise remains in much the same condition as seen previously.
Availability
Current Availability
Unknown
Appointed Agents
Price
Occupancy
Vacant
Occupancy Type
N/A
Present/Former Uses
Name of Owners
Unverified see FAQ on ascertaining ownership
Type of Ownership
Unknown
Information Services
Additional Contacts/Information Source
Bibliography
2nd (1897) EDITION OS MAP; J Strawhorn & W Boyd, THE THIRD STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND: AYRSHIRE, (1951), p742-3.
Online Resources
Classification
Cottages and Lodges
Original Entry Date
14-OCT-09
Date of Last Edit
17/03/2015
