Plockton High School
School (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Plockton High School
Classification School (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 160678
Site Number NG73SE 37
NGR NG 7952 3302
NGR Description Centred on NG 7947 3350
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/160678
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochalsh
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Most of Plockton's public buildings are in Innes Street:
Plockton High School, Shearer and Annand for Ross & Cromarty County Council, 1964, a complex of flat-roofed blocks lying long and low above the village, with later extensions of 1969 and 1980.
Primary School, Alexander Ross, 1858, a pretty contrast in Ross's simple gothic style, reminiscent of his Episcopal churches in the Highlands; corrugated iron annex, probably 1889. Church of Scotland, William Thomson, 1825-7, a harled Parliamentary church with a panelled gallery filling much of its T-plan interior; pierced wooden ceiling a later addition. Contemporary manse, James Smith's single-storey, shallow U-plan design. Free Church, c.1845, refitted and improved by Alexander Ross, 1869; converted to flats in a reprieve from proposed demolition by Philip Cocker Assocs, 1993. The long street elevation of this double-gabled building was previously blind except for the entrance, which is now flanked by pairs of long lights reminiscent of the ventilation slits that are a feature of local barns.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
