Uddingston Grammar School (Former)
Date 12 March 2010
Event ID 914701
Category Management
Type Site Management
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/914701
5 x 4 bay asymmetrical original L-plan Grammar School with Dutch gables and gothick detail. Stugged red sandstone ashlar with polished ashlar dressings. Base course; hood moulds over ground and some 1st floor windows; cill course to 1st floor; eaves course. Chamfered reveals to windows; stone mullions; long and short quoins.Replacement uPVC windows. grey slate roof with pierced red clay ridge; polygonal (later) ashlar stack to W end; ashlar coped blocked skews; cast-iron rainwater goods. BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: replacement square-plan piers with shallow pyramidal caps; replacement wrought-iron gates.Low ashlar sandstone walls with ridged ashlar cope and regular tall intervals to E side; decorative wrought-iron railings (replaced to N).
The Grammar School opened on 3rd August, 1885 and its first rector was dominie James Smith who had also presided over the Free Church School as well as Uddingston Joint Public School. He transferred his skills to the Grammar School and it remained under his guidance until his retirement in 1890. An annexe was added to the school in 1925, a Higher Grade department in 1960 and further extensions in 1994. The original L-plan core still remains. Bears stylistical similarities to Muiredge Primary School on Watston Street. (Historic Scotland)
