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Kincardine O'neil, 36 North Deeside Road, Old Schoolhouse

Schoolhouse (19th Century)

Site Name Kincardine O'neil, 36 North Deeside Road, Old Schoolhouse

Classification Schoolhouse (19th Century)

Canmore ID 184300

Site Number NO59NE 110

NGR NO 59219 99687

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Kincardine O'neil
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Kincardine And Deeside
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Site Management (17 June 2011)

Reading Room: Slated and harled, single storey, 3-bay, gabled, L-plan structure to NE of schoolhouse. Entrance elevation to E with advanced, canted bay to S and door on right return. 4-pane timber sash and case glazing.

The Reading Room was originally part of a two-roomed boys school (room to south demolished) while the nearby former Morrice School, dated 1856, was an endowed female school. These school buildings became redundant in 1895 with the opening of the new mixed Primary School. Situated at the heart of the village, the former Schoolhouse and Reading Room is an important part of Kincardine O'Neil's architectural and social history. Many rural schools, which may have consisted of only a single room in a house, became redundant following the 1872 Education Act which made education compulsory and acted as a catalyst for a nationwide programme of school building. (Historic Scotland)

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