Sites and Monument Record: Westquarter School (SMR 1215)

Description
It has the clean cut lines of the 1930s with ample windows. A feature of the front facade are the two large single-storey bay windows set against the two storey building. The entrance is recessed between two blocks.
It was designed with 16 classrooms for 640 pupils, an assembly hall, gymnasium and the usual staff and cloakrooms.

Object detail

Site type
building
school
Site history notes
The school was one of the last elements of the model village to be designed. Construction work was underway when the war began in 1939. This slowed down the work and just as it was nearing completion the building was requisitioned by the RAF as a billet for airmen serving at Grangemouth. When it was finally released, late in 1943, it was in a poor condition and some floors had to be replaced. School equipment was hard to come by and the county had to be combed for surplus desks, etc. It officially opened to pupils on 19 April 1944.
The school was built to accommodate 700 children and cost £50,000.
Site grid ref
NS 9145 7896

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