Showing posts with label Schools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Schools. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Washington Street School

 Washington Street Public School, Anderson, built in 1889. The school closed in the 1870s.











Monday, September 8, 2025

Anderson College










 Anderson College Dumbarton Road, architect was James Sellars 1889 although the building was completed by John Keppie after Sellars died.

The blonde stone building is in a Italianate style with some very ornate windows and sculptures by James Macgillivray.

The original medical college was founded in 1800 and was named after John "phosphorous Jack" Anderson a professor of natural philosophy at Glasgow University from 1757 to 96 apparently he was a soldier who fought in the Jacobite Uprising.

The college was incorporated into the university in 1947 and was extensively refurbished in the 1990s. 



Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Langside College












The school was designed in a Gothic-style in 1868 for the Glasgow Deaf and Dumb Institution. The building was built by Salmon Son and Ritchie ,it was a boarding school until its conversion to a college in 1947.

The B listed college was converted to apartments in 2010, it can be found near Battle Field, Mount Florida 

Friday, August 8, 2025

Alexander's Public School

 Alexander's Public School (former) 94 Duke St. The building dates from 1858. It is a listed building with a rating of A. It's now a business centre.

 

 




Monday, July 14, 2025

Our Lady and St Francis School




 Our Lady and St Francis secondary school Greendyke Street across from Glasgow Green.

The school was designed by the famous Glasgow architectural practice of Gillespie, Kidd and Coia.     It has to be said that  its not one of their most inspiring buildings, it was used as office space after the school closed but is now vacant.

Ladywell School









 Ladywell school 94 Duke Street, built in 1858 by  John Burnet senior, originally built as Alexanders school for the owner of the adjacent mill .

The building is in a Italianate style with a slim tower.

The sculptured heads are Aristotlle  ,Milton ,Shakespeare and Michelangelo, carved by John Crawford.

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

St Marys




 Building in Orr Street Glasgow, sign says it was a school, but other sources say it was St Marys church Hall. Built in 1895,bit of a mystery.

Thursday, July 3, 2025

Washington Street School


 Washington Street school in the Anderston area of Glasgow, Its a C listed building currently on the at risk register.

Built in 1890 by H E Clifford the design is very similar to a number of schools built at this time, it was converted from  a school to an Arts Centre in late 1970s. 

Sunday, June 1, 2025

Martyrs Public School

 Martyrs Public School is situated in Parson Street Townhead.

The architects were Honeyman and Keppie,the school was built in 1898,it would have been surrounded by tenements, these days it sits behind some trees overlooking a busy road. 

At the time of building Charles Rennie Macintosh was a senior assistant in the practice, you can see his influence on the doors ,windows and cupolas.

The school is mainly built from red sandstone, the inside has some Art Nouveau details.

If your looking for classic Macintosh you wont find it in this building ,just the odd glimmer of what the future would bring.

The building is listed as category A , it is currently up for sale.