 The number of windows and their size was increased; however, they were few in number and sill heights were typically over above floor level, well above eye level of students.Modestly-decorative timber roof trusses were exposed within the space.Built to this standard design, the new Ferguson-design school building at Sherwood State School was a lowset, timber-framed structure with gable roof, eastern verandah, and modest "carpenter gothic" timber detailing.