Architecture
The college's main building by David Bryce (built 1863-9) blends the design of a Loire château with elements of the 19th century Scottish Baronial. According to the school's website, the combination of styles and the site of the building led a modern architectural expert to praise it as "undeniably one of Scotland's greatest buildings".
The war memorial, a bronze figure of a fallen officer telling his men to "carry on" is by William Birnie Rhind, 1919.
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