The image above of the old Lundinmill School dates to the first decade of the twentieth century, before extensions were added to the front of the building. It gives a good impression of how the school itself and the schoolmaster's house (to the right) were fully integrated. There would have been an internal door allowing the teacher residing in the house to access the school directly. The school building was originally split into a boys' half and a girls' half - with two entrances, two playgrounds divided by a wall and two outdoor toilet blocks. There was an entrance from the vennel behind the school, into the playground as well as the front entrance from Crescent Road.
Built in 1857/8, the school building had to be expanded at various points. There was an addition made to the school in the late 1870s and in 1910 the front extension seen below was added. At the time, the new frontage provided a new entrance, a cloakroom, a store, a W.C. and a "teacher's retiring room". I have never seen any photographs of the inside of the building during its time as a school, however, a small insight comes from the following newspaper account of the school board's discussions from 1874. The 11 June Fife Herald states "the clerk submitted his report on the state of the maps in the schools, and was instructed to procure maps of Europe, Africa and The British Isles for Lundinmill School...". This conjures up images of walls covered with large maps and other educational visuals, perhaps alongside a globe, an abacus, and a large blackboard.
Built in 1857/8, the school building had to be expanded at various points. There was an addition made to the school in the late 1870s and in 1910 the front extension seen below was added. At the time, the new frontage provided a new entrance, a cloakroom, a store, a W.C. and a "teacher's retiring room". I have never seen any photographs of the inside of the building during its time as a school, however, a small insight comes from the following newspaper account of the school board's discussions from 1874. The 11 June Fife Herald states "the clerk submitted his report on the state of the maps in the schools, and was instructed to procure maps of Europe, Africa and The British Isles for Lundinmill School...". This conjures up images of walls covered with large maps and other educational visuals, perhaps alongside a globe, an abacus, and a large blackboard.
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