Red sandstone, collegiate gables and carved entrance labels give Muiredge’s 1897 school a formal public face that remains in educational use.
Quick facts
- Date
- Dated 1897 with later rear additions
- Architect / designer
- Architect not identified
- Type
- Tudor collegiate primary school and former headmaster’s house
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB45105)
- OS grid reference
- NS 70021 60568
Architecture and continuing use
The two-storey school has eight bays, projecting gabled groups and octagonal piers with ogee caps. Continuous hoodmoulds connect mullioned and transomed windows across the polished red-sandstone front. A separate single-storey headmaster’s house retains an asymmetrical gable, porch and curved bay.
Its story
The date 1897 is carved above the former girls’ entrance. Later additions extended the school to the rear while the main elevation, boundary walls and gates remained legible. Its collegiate details closely relate to the former Grammar School on Station Road.
Why it is included
Category B listing recognises a good late board school, its associated house and boundaries, and the continued legibility of historic educational planning.
What to notice
- The carved “Girls” entrance and 1897 date panel.
- Ogee-capped octagonal piers flanking the broad gables.
- The small former headmaster’s house beside the larger school block.
Reading the surroundings
This is an operating school. Do not enter without appointment, photograph pupils or approach the former house; follow all safeguarding and visitor controls.
Timeline
- 1897 The dated sandstone school was completed on Watson Street.
- 1998 The school, former house and boundaries received Category B protection.
- 2026 Muiredge Primary continues to operate at the historic site.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
The architect is not named in the designation, and later rear work is not fully dated. Current visitor access depends entirely on school arrangements.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Muiredge Primary School, LB45105 — Current designation status, official mapped location, date, fabric and architectural interest.
- Trove designation: LB45105 — Parallel national record identity and archival context.
- South Lanarkshire Council: Muiredge Primary School — First-party current school address, contact and operational information.
Location
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