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Latitude: 55.2135 / 55°12'48"N
Longitude: -3.728 / 3°43'40"W
OS Eastings: 290147
OS Northings: 592395
OS Grid: NX901923
Mapcode National: GBR 28D4.PX
Mapcode Global: WH5VW.P7Y2
Plus Code: 9C7R677C+CQ
Entry Name: Closeburn School
Listing Name: Closeburn School
Listing Date: 3 August 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 335188
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB4011
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200335188
Location: Closeburn
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid and Upper Nithsdale
Parish: Closeburn
Traditional County: Dumfriesshire
Tagged with: School building
James Barbour of Dumfries, architect. School, symmetrically
designed, with heavy Jacobean detailing. Snecked red
bullfaced ashlar, polished dressings. Mostly 2 storeys. South
elevation: 2-stage central bell tower; 2 bays either side
(inner bays 3-storey, with parapet; gabled outer bays
recessed); tower lower stage battered with 2 depressed-arched
doors; obelisk pinnacles over angles, bellcote with pierced
openings and pyramidal roof. Windows mostly mullioned; 3rd
floor windows have cusped heads. 4-bay north elevation has
outer gables and roof glazed over inner windows. Depressed-
arched east and west-facing upper windows below wall-head
gables. Small paned glazing throughout. Corniced stacks;
axial vents; slate roofs. Enclosed by ashlar-coped (mostly
rubble-built) walls, simple wrought-iron gates and railings
at south, to roadside, and between playgrounds.
A group with churches and Wallacehall
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