Survey Data
Reg No
15602042
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Bunclody Technical School
Original Use
School
In Use As
School
Date
1945 - 1955
Coordinates
291283, 156575
Date Recorded
14/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey technical school, built 1950, on a symmetrical plan with single-bay single-storey lean-to flush end bays. Hipped fibre-cement tile roof extending into lean-to fibre-cement tile roofs with terracotta ridge tiles, roughcast chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls bellcast on rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening approached by two concrete steps with rendered surround having splayed reveals framing timber panelled double doors having overlight. Grouped square-headed flanking window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing pivot fittings having horizontal glazing bars. Square-headed door openings (end bays) with concrete steps, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled doors having overlights. Set in own grounds.
Appraisal
A technical school representing an important component of the mid twentieth-century built heritage of Bunclody with the architectural value of the composition confirmed by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form centred on a streamlined doorcase; the grouped openings; and the high pitched roofline.