Mearns Street School, Greenock

This was once Mearns Street School, opened in January 1877.  Many of the children who attended this school would have had parents who worked in Greenock's shipyards and mills.

 

It has some wonderful architectural details.

I wonder if the school bell was rung from here.

 

It was still a primary school up until the 1970s.  It was later used as a centre for people with special needs.

 

Wonder what the local authority intend to do with it?  Hopefully it won't be demolished like so many of Greenock's wonderful old buildings.

The Greenockian