Sites and Monument Record: Science & Art School (Technical Institute), Park St (SMR 939)

Description
Late Classic, 1/2-storey tall single-storey 3-window advanced centre with architraved and corniced windows, cornice and parapet, 2-storey 2-window either side, tough ashlar front, rubble flanks; slated; piended roof, twin central chimneys; twin arched entrance at rear wing.

Object detail

Site type
building
school
Site status
Listed C
Site history notes
Opened as the Science & Art School in 1878 by the future prime minister, Lord Rosebery. Its aim was to provide technical and artistic skills along with chemistry for the local industries. Peter Wright led the fundraising and became the senior art teacher. The building cost £2,700, most of which was raised by public subscription. There were evening as well as day classes.
In 1889 the school merged with Falkirk High School, then in Rennie Street. During the Second World War the building was used to provide meals for the British Restaurant and local schools. Afterwards it remained as the central school dinner centre. In the early 1970s the building was converted into workshops and classrooms and in the 1990s all the Falkirk technical college's art classes were relocated there. However, it was not long before the building was sold off and converted into flats and renamed "Silk House".
Site conservation date
1845
1868
Site grid ref
NS 8889 8009
Conservation status
Victorian
Victorian

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