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Our Lady and St Margaret's Primary School

Coordinates: 55°51′07″N 4°16′48″W / 55.852°N 4.280°W / 55.852; -4.280
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55°51′07″N 4°16′48″W / 55.852°N 4.280°W / 55.852; -4.280

Our Lady and St Margaret's Primary School is a former Catholic primary school located at Stanley Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow, Scotland. In earlier years it was a junior secondary school. The annex of this school was located in the nearby Admiral Street Infants School. The school, designed by the architects Bruce & Hay, was established in 1910. Bruce & Hay were known for their work designing warehouses and offices and critics have compared the school's appearance to that of a warehouse.[1] It was closed in 1996–97.[2]

This is a Category C(s) listed building as a good example of a school building on a palazzo scale. In addition to the school, there was a presbytery in the building that was opened in 1882. Of particular interest are the upper-storey playgrounds. The school building is still intact at present.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Our Lady and St Margaret's Primary School, Glasgow City Archives, Department of Education.
  2. ^ Narrative of School Openings, Closures, Relocations and Mergers, The Scottish Government, December 2007
  3. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "118 AND 126-136 (EVEN NOS) STANLEY STREET, FORMER OUR LADY AND ST MARGARET'S PRESBYTERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL (ROMAN CATHOLIC) INCLUDING GATEPIERS, GATES, RAILINGS AND BOUNDARY WALL (Category C Listed Building) (LB46279)". Retrieved 21 March 2019.

Further reading

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  • Ordnance Survey map, 1896 (earlier structure evident on school site, presbytery evident)
  • Ordnance Survey map, 1913 (both evident)
  • Dean of Guild Plans (Mitchell Library, Glasgow) dated February 1908
  • Elizabeth Williamson, Anne Riches, Malcolm Higgs THE BUILDINGS OF SCOTLAND: GLASGOW (1990), pp590, 593, 600.