Records show that Wm. Stirling, Schoolmaster and Session Clerk, taught from 1688-1729, giving 41 years of service, living only on the fess gleaned from pupils, with whom he had to live. In 1730 Chas. Paterson was paid 8/-d for thatching the schoolhouse, but it's location is not known. In 1790, a house was built in a corner of the graveyard for the teacher Wm. Barclay - it was said to be near "Barbara Pearies School". Wm. Paterson 1798-1803 resigned due to the poor condition of the house an dthis led eventually to the building of the new schoolhouse which is still in use today as the Church Officer's house. Built in approx. 1830 "on the south side of the canal, near to Gateside Well", the costs were not to exceed £100, and th eschoolroom formed part of the ground floor accomodation in the house. An increase in pupils required teh building of the school proper, which in turn had to be extended. By 1873 the school capacity was described as 149 pupils in 3 rooms - including the schoolroom inside the house. Changes in population eventually led to the closure of the school in 1980 and the CHurch was able to arrange a long lease with the current owners. The 1983 project for the development of the old school as a suite of halls, involved raising over £18,00 to cover contractors' work and materials. Thirty-five volunteers worked like slaves to make the transformation, renovating, refitting, painting, insulation etc. Happily the project was completed on target and is now in use for a great variety of Church activities.