Our Lady and St Margaret's Primary School
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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 Sreet 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. It was closed in 1996-97.
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.
Catholic school
Catholic schools are maintained parochial schools or education ministries of the Catholic Church. the Church operates the world's largest non-governmental school system...
primary school located at Stanley Street, Kinning Park
Kinning Park
Kinning Park is a southern suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. In 1897 it had a population of 14326.-Political history:Originally a separate police burgh founded in 1871, it became part of Glasgow in 1905. It was the smallest such burgh in Scotland at just...
, Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Scotland
Scotland
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. In earlier years it was a junior secondary school. The annex of this school was located in the nearby Admiral Sreet 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. It was closed in 1996-97.
This is a Category C(s) listed building as a good example of a school building on a palazzo
Palazzo
Palazzo, an Italian word meaning a large building , may refer to:-Buildings:*Palazzo, an Italian type of building**Palazzo style architecture, imitative of Italian palazzi...
scale. In addition to the school, there was a presbytery
Rectory
A rectory is the residence, or former residence, of a rector, most often a Christian cleric, but in some cases an academic rector or other person with that title...
in the building that was opened in 1882. Of particular interest are the upper-storey playgrounds. The school building is still intact at present.
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.