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Spier's School

Spier's School (NS352533), at Beith, in North Ayrshire, Scotland was opened in 1888 and closed in 1972. The school, now demolished, was built using Ballochmyle red sandstone and was reminiscent of the ancient Glasgow University. The school motto was 'Quod verum tutum' (What is true is safe). The gardens and woodlands are open to the public at all times.

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School history

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The gardens and woodlands

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Location
KA15 1LU, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland
Architect
James Sellars
Client
John Spier
Completed
September 1888
Construction started
September 1887
Cost
£12,000

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Marshalland

Foundation of the school

School history

The school buildings

School sports

The World Wars

The gardens and woodlands

The Spier's Trust

Diamond Jubilee Time Capsule

The Spier's Cholera Pit

Diamond Jubilee Wood

Wildlife Site status

The Spier's Arboretum

Memorials to John Spier and Spier's school

Geilsland

Industrial and social archaeology

Geology

DM Beith

The Lands of Roughwood

Micro-history

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Spier's School

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Spier's School

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related to Foundation of the school · 34
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related to Community involvement at Spier's · 20
Spier's School → Ardrossan Academy, BBQ, Beith Community Council, Beith Out, Clydesdale, Coronation Garden, Dalry, Eglinton Country Park, Gateside Primary, Geilsland School, In, John Muir Award, Ken Stewart, Litter, School Care, Spier's, The, Wesley, YKG, Youth Making Beith Better
related to The school buildings · 20
Spier's School → An Art, Ayrshire Education, Beith Primary School, Campbell Douglas, Canongate, Dr Third's, Edinburgh, Electricity, Four Horsa, French, Glasgow, Head Master's, James Sellars, June, Listed, Moray House, Science, Spier's, The, The Barrmill Road
related to The Spier's Arboretum · 17
Spier's School → Arran, Before, Camperdown Elm, Coronation Garden, Earl, Eglinton's, Geilsland Road, In, Jubilee Wood, Love, Marshalland, Marshalland Burn, Mr, Old, Queen Elizabeth II Silver, Spier, The
related to The Spier's Cholera Pit · 11
Spier's School → Beith, Dalry, Geilsland Road, In, John Spier, Powgree Burn, Robert Spier, September, Some, The, There
related to External links · 3
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Architect · 1
Spier's School → James Sellars
Client · 1
Spier's School → John Spier
Completed · 1
Spier's School → September 1888
Construction started · 1
Spier's School → September 1887

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Spier's SchoolClientJohn Spier1.00infobox
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Spier's SchoolCost£12,0001.00infobox
Spier's SchoolDemolished19841.00infobox
Spier's SchoolLocationKA15 1LU, Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland1.00infobox
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