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View of 18th century clay walled and thatched former school building; Cottown.

DP 240837

Description View of 18th century clay walled and thatched former school building; Cottown.

Date 15/8/2014

Collection Records of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, London, England

Catalogue Number DP 240837

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content 18th century clay walled former school building, listed as having a thatched roof. The building has been on the Buildings at Risk (BAR) Register since 1991 (BAR reference number 312) at which time it was recorded that the ‘thatch requires attention’ and that the building was occupied until 1985. In 1994, BAR recorded that the building had been acquired by the National Trust for Scotland and a restoration project was in progress in partnership with Historic Environment Scotland and Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust. In early 2011 the building was heavily flooded and it was recorded by BAR that the roof is ‘in need of extensive repair and there are dense growths of brambles’. The roof is currently in much of the same condition and has a large amount of mossy vegetation growth across the surface of the thatch, as well as vegetation growth in the turf ridge. The thatch has been left uncovered and is boxed in at the skews with timber. The thatch is also supported underneath the eaves with timber.

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File Format (JPG) JPEG bitmap

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