Survey Data
Reg No
14805002
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Scoil Náisiúnta Olibhéar Ploingcéad
Original Use
School master's house
In Use As
School master's house
Date
1935 - 1945
Coordinates
197373, 225434
Date Recorded
19/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached six-bay single-storey national school, built in 1940, with single-storey blocks to rear angles and modern extension to rear. Set back from the road. Hipped slate roof, terracotta ridge tiles, roof vent and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledashed walls with smooth rendered plinth and red brick to sill level, plaque to front elevation with date of 1940. Timber sash windows with painted sills to front and sides, timber casement windows to rear. Square-headed door openings to rear bays with rendered surrounds and timber and glazed doors. Modern multiple-bay single-storey school extension to rear.
Appraisal
A hipped roof, large windows and red brick ehance the picturesque setting of this school building. Designed in a single room style, the two blocks to the rear angles housed cloak room and toilets. A door in each block indicates the possibility of separate entrances for boys and girls. The discreet construction of a modern extension, conjoined at the rear, is testimony to local sensitivity to the historical and architectural significance of the original school building.