Broomloan Road Primary School
Broomloan Road Primary School was a primary school situated in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland.
It was the largest School in Govan built by Govan School Board, and comprised two separate buildings. The first, designed by Alexander Watt, opened in 1875. In 1894 a red sandstone extension was built, designed by H&D Barclay. Broomloan Road Primary School closed in the late 1960s.
After closure the red sandstone building was used by St. Saviour's Infants throughout the 1970s and as St. Gerards annexe after St. Saviour's Infants moved to a new school in Dunsmuir Street. In the early 1980s the building became the Summertown Community Centre before closing in the early 1990s. The older yellow sandstone building became Broomloan Road Nursery School in the late 1970s and was closed in the early 1990s after the nursery moved to St. Gerards Secondary School.[1]
Both buildings were closed in the mid-2000s, boarded up and left in a derelict condition for many years. They were protected as a category B listed building.[2]
The yellow sandstone building designed by Alexander Watt was almost completely destroyed by a fire in May 2014.[3] The 1894 building went on fire later in 2014.[4] Both buildings have been subsequently demolished entirely.
It is most notable for being the first school of Sir Alex Ferguson, the former manager of Manchester United Football Club. He attended Broomloan Road and later Govan High School.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Broomloan Road Public School on acumfaegovan". acumfaegovan.com. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ "Broomloan Road Public School: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ "Firefighters tackle blaze at Sir Alex Ferguson's former primary school". Glasgow Evening Times. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ "Fire guts derelict school in Govan area of Glasgow". BBC News. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ "Glasgow Caledonian University, Research Collections, Archives". TheGlasgowStory.com. 2009. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
External links
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Media related to Broomloan Road School at Wikimedia Commons
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- Primary schools in Glasgow
- Category B listed buildings in Glasgow
- Defunct primary schools in Scotland
- Listed schools in Scotland
- Govan
- 1875 establishments in Scotland
- School buildings completed in 1875
- Buildings and structures completed in 1894
- 1960s disestablishments in Scotland
- Buildings and structures demolished in 2015