![]() | M233 Scotland Street Public SchoolAddress: 225, Scotland Street, Glasgow G5 8QBDate: 1903–7 Client: School Board of Glasgow Authorship: ![]() |
This three-storey school was built by the School Board of Glasgow to serve a densely populated part of Tradeston, just S. of the River Clyde. Some features show the influence of historic Scottish architecture, but the design is remarkable for its novel reinterpretation of tradition, especially in the glazed towers that light the stairs. The boundary wall with its gates and railings and the janitor's house at the N.W. corner of the site were part of the original scheme. Closed as a school due to demolition of the surrounding housing, the building reopened as a museum of education in November 1990.
Authorship: Mackintosh is named as architect in official correspondence from the School Board, and in other contemporary sources. Scotland Street School was one of his most important commissions.
Cost from office job book: £18,597 2s 6½d
Cost from other sources: The final measurements of £19,171 8s 1d plus other expenses of £1370 0s 6d gave a total of £20,541 12s 6d. 1
Status: Standing building
Current name: Scotland Street School Museum
Current use: Museum of Education (2014)
Listing category: A
Historic Scotland/HB Number: 33534
RCAHMS Site Number: NS56SE 328.01
Grid Reference: NS 57752 64142
GPS coordinates: lat = 55.849632, lng = -4.273736 (Map)
Notes:
1: Glasgow City Archives Collection: School Board Property Committee minutes, D-ED 1/1/1/12, 1 December 1908.