Huntly, Castle Road, Gordon Schools
School (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Huntly, Castle Road, Gordon Schools
Classification School (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) War Memorial Window
Canmore ID 160857
Site Number NJ54SW 43
NGR NJ 53089 40302
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/160857
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Huntly
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
From the castle the town is approached via a tree-lined avenue, leading to Gordon Schools, 1839-41, Archibald Simpson; 1888 additions, a Marshall Mackenzie (Matthews & Mackenzie), founded on the site of castle port by the Duchess of Gordon in memory of the fifth Duke; Simpson's work is serene and Jacobean, two storeys of ashlar sandstone, symmetrical about a centre pend arch crowned by an ogeecapped octagonal tower. Mackenzie's additions blend well.
Other buildings include, on west of avenue, old Public School, 1895, Marshall Mackenzie, with secondary department as addition by William Kelly, c.1912, strong, two-storey Tudor, with three asymmetrical gables to front, mullioned windows and heavy chimneys. Around this is wrapped a single-storey 1930s style (built 1956) extension with good granite bow and a two-storey hall with tall concrete pilasters. Latest building is a discrete three-storey flat-roofer, in creamy brick and glass.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NMRS REFERENCE:
Architect: Archibald Simpson 1840
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Gordon Schools, Huntly - model by Simpson to illustrate design for his client the Duchess of Gordon
