Armadale, Academy Street, Armadale Primary School
School (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Armadale, Academy Street, Armadale Primary School
Classification School (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) High Academy Street
Canmore ID 232006
Site Number NS96NW 46
NGR NS 93535 68422
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/232006
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Bathgate
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
Academy Street
In the urban sense, there are no real streets in Armadale; simply an adjacency of buildings. Comfortingly solid and sedate Parish Church, c.1870, with neat belfry and pedimented porch. The Primary & Nursery Schools, 1878-1911, occupy the former Academy; symmetrical, two gables crowned with thistles flank a projecting central block. Fine double-storey halls with hammer-beam roofs and first-floor galleries.
Taken from "West Lothian: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Stuart Eydmann, Richard Jaques and Charles McKean, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
