Holmlea Primary School

Holmlea Primary School is a Category B listed former school in Glasgow.[1] It was built in 1908 and closed in 2005. The buildings are currently classified as being in poor condition.

Holmlea Primary School
Holmlea Primary School
Address
352-362 Holmlea Road

Cathcart

Glasgow
,
G44 4BY

Scotland
Information
Established1908
Closed2005
Listed Building – Category B
Designated16 March 1993
Reference no.LB33807

History

It was built in 1908 from red Dumfriesshire ashlar in a 17th-century domestic style, and the architect was Andrew Balfour.[2]

In June 2005, the school closed and the pupils transferred to Merrylee Primary School.[3] The school buildings are currently classified as being in poor condition on the Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland.[4]

Glasgow City Council placed the building up for sale in 2006 after declaring it surplus.[5] Glasgow Community Education Association (GCEA) made a bid to buy it with plans to open a private Islamic school.[6] They later abandoned the bid and the property was put back on the market.[7]

In June 2014, the Buildings at Risk Register noted, "External inspection finds the building unmaintained and with vegetative and damp penetration set in further. Condition moved to Poor and Risk to Moderate. The site does not appear to currently be under marketing for sale."[4]

The mechanical engineer and industrialist Thomas Leith was educated there.

References
  1. Historic Environment Scotland. "352-362 (EVEN NOS) HOLMLEA ROAD...  (Category B) (LB33807)". Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. Williamson, Elizabeth; Riches, Anne; Higgs, Malcolm (2005). Glasgow. New Haven, Conn. [u.a.]: Yale Univ. Press. p. 539. ISBN 978-0-300-09674-3.
  3. "Merrylee Primary School Handbook" (PDF). Merrylee Primary School. 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  4. "Holmlea Primary School and Janitors Lodge, 352-362, Holmlea Road, Cathcart". Buildings at Risk. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  5. Seith, Emma (29 June 2012). "Private Islamic school on the horizon". TES. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  6. Denholm, Andrew (30 June 2012). "Muslim parents bid to set up private Islamic school". The Herald. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  7. "Muslim school plan for city". Evening Times. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2015.

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