Basic Site Details | Name: | Higher Grade School | | Town, district or village: | Banff | | City or county: | Banffshire | | Country: | Scotland | | Parish: | | | Status: | | | Grid ref: | | | Notes: | In March 1909 the School Board instructed Arthur Clyne to prepare alternative schemes for the enlagement of the school. Details of the approved plan were given in December the same year -
The new school will occupy a site of about one acre in extent to the north of the academy. Designed by Mr Arthur Clyne, architect, Aberdeen, the school is planned as a one storey building on the central hall principle, with entrances at the ends for boys and girls respectively, each with cloakroom and lavatory attached, and the several rooms grouped round the four sides of the hall. On the west side will be a laboratory measuring 46 feet by 25 feet for the combined teaching of chemical and physical science; on the north side will be an art room; on the east side four classrooms and on the south side two classrooms. The hall, measuring about 60 feet by 25 feet, will have an open timber roof. [Builder 4 December 1909 p621] | Building Type Classification| The building is classified under the following categories: | | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | School | | |
Events| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1909 | | Contracts advertised | |
PeopleDesign and Construction| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Arthur Clyne | | | 1909 | | |
ReferencesPeriodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 20 March 1909 | | | p353 | | Builder | 29 May 1909 | | | p652 | | Builder | 14 August 1909 | | | p195 - contracts open | | Builder | 4 December 1909 | | | p621 | | Building News | 13 August 1909 | | | p xvi - contracts open | | Building News | 19 November 1909 | | | p754 |
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