Our Lady and St Margaret's Primary School

Our Lady and St Margaret's Primary School is a former Catholic primary school located at Stanley Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow, Scotland. In earlier years it was a junior secondary school. The annex of this school was located in the nearby Admiral Street Infants School. The school, designed by the architects Bruce & Hay, was established in 1910. Bruce & Hay were known for their work designing warehouses and offices and critics have compared the school's appearance to that of a warehouse.[1] It was closed in 1996–97.[2]

This is a Category C(s) listed building as a good example of a school building on a palazzo scale. In addition to the school, there was a presbytery in the building that was opened in 1882. Of particular interest are the upper-storey playgrounds. The school building is still intact at present.[3]

References
  1. Our Lady and St Margaret's Primary School, Glasgow City Archives, Department of Education, City of Glasgow.
  2. Narrative of School Openings, Closures, Relocations and Mergers, The Scottish Government, December 2007
  3. Historic Environment Scotland. "118 AND 126-136 (EVEN NOS) STANLEY STREET, FORMER OUR LADY AND ST MARGARET'S PRESBYTERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL (ROMAN CATHOLIC) INCLUDING GATEPIERS, GATES, RAILINGS AND BOUNDARY WALL  (Category C) (LB46279)". Retrieved 21 March 2019.

Further reading
  • Ordnance Survey map, 1896 (earlier structure evident on school site, presbytery evident)
  • Ordnance Survey map, 1913 (both evident)
  • Dean of Guild Plans (Mitchell Library, Glasgow) dated February 1908
  • Elizabeth Williamson, Anne Riches, Malcolm Higgs THE BUILDINGS OF SCOTLAND: GLASGOW (1990), pp590, 593, 600.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.