16 Prince Street, Peterhead

Building in Scotland July 2020 July 2020 16 Prince Street 16 Prince Street 2024.jpg The building in 2024 yes 57.506357 -1.781069 type:edu_region:GB_dim:100 dec inline,title Peterhead Scotland 1838 16 Prince Street is a Category B listed building in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It dates from 1838.McKean Charles Banff & Buchan: An Illustrated Architectural Guide 1990 Mainstream Publications Ltd. 185158-231-2 161INFANTS SCHOOL 16 PRINCE STREET ("THE CHUCKNEY SCHOOL") - Historic Environment Scotland It was formerly Peterhead's infant school, colloquially known as the Chuckney School.Peterhead, 16 Prince Street, Child Guidance Clinic - Canmore.org.uk Today it is an office building for Aberdeenshire Council. Described by architectural historians David Walker and Matthew Woodworth as "a temple to education", the building's front elevation presents a single symmetrical storey, made of granite ashlar and with a central portico in the Roman Doric style, the pediment of which is surmounted by a bellcote. Extending to either side of this are wings of three bays. It was originally T-plan in shape, with a third wing extending back from the entrance, but has been greatly extended since its construction.Walker David W. Woodworth Matthew The Buildings of Scotland - Aberdeenshire: North and Moray 2015 Yale University Press New Haven 978-0-300-20428-5 344 Further reading Neish Robert Old Peterhead: An Authentic Account of the Origin and Development of the Burgh of Barony of Peterhead 1959 P. Scrogie Peterhead en 1087112050 187 See also List of listed buildings in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire References Category:Category B listed buildings in Aberdeenshire Prince Street 16 Category:Defunct schools in Aberdeenshire Category:Defunct primary schools in Scotland Category:1838 establishments in Scotland