Scotland Street School Museum

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Scotland Street School Museum
Classroom from the 1940s

The Scotland Street School Museum is a former primary school and now a school museum in the Scottish city ​​of Glasgow . In 1966 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.

history

The building was built between 1903 and 1906 as a primary school. The Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh provided the design . The total cost was £ 14,736. The school was operated until the 1990s and then converted into a school museum.

description

The Scotland Street School Museum is on Scotland Street in south Glasgow. The Art Nouveau building reflects Macintosh's admiration for Scottish Renaissance architecture, which is also reflected in his designs for Hill House and the Glasgow School of Art . The north-facing main facade of the three-story building made of red sandstone is seven axes wide. On both sides they are flanked by rounded stair towers with flat glass elements and slate-covered conical roofs . There are gender-separated entrances at their feet. The irregular, stepped building ends are designed with stylized buttresses . There are massive chimneys. The 18-axis rear south facade is relatively simple in design.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Entry on scottisharchitects.org.uk
  3. ↑ Entry on Scotland Street School Museum  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

Web links

Commons : Scotland Street School Museum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 55 ° 50 ′ 58.3 "  N , 4 ° 16 ′ 25.6"  W.