Survey Data
Reg No
22111020
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Cahir National School
Original Use
Community centre
Date
1880 - 1920
Coordinates
205228, 125010
Date Recorded
06/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey hall, built c. 1900, with projecting porch to north elevation, and slightly projecting gabled bay to south elevation. Pitched slate roof, catslide over porch, terracotta cresting to ridge tiles, pinnacle to west gable, red brick chimneystack, timber bargeboards and terracotta finials to gabled bay and west gable, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with red brick quoins and bands, decorative tiling to gables, and snecked sandstone plinth. Pointed arch window openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds and sills, in group of three to east elevation, with fixed timber windows. Pointed arch entrance opening, with red brick block-and-start surround, timber battened door, with paned overlight and stone step. Random rubble stone boundary walls, with dressed ashlar limestone capped piers, and wrought-iron double-leaf spearhead gates.
Appraisal
The use of red brick, terracotta tiles, finials and ridge cresting to articulate this building, creates a distinctive appearance. Surface texture is similarly achieved through a mixture of building materials. Its grouping, with Saint Paul's Church and the former school, adds to its significance. Its form and function add to the architectural variety of the streetscape.