Pringle Court
Introduction
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Pringle Court
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 8 Apr 2014
Despite its vaguely ecclesiastical look, this was originally Buckie Public School. It was built by Rathven School Board after the 1872 Education (Scotland) Act made education from the age of 5 to 13 compulsory and free. Over the next century the school expanded to take in older children and pupils from surrounding areas, then contracted as it was replaced by new buildings, leaving only a few subjects still being taught in the old one. In 1983 it finally became surplus to edcuational requirements and has been converted into flats.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.674832
Longitude
-2.96973