Survey Data
Reg No
22205506
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
School
Date
1895 - 1900
Coordinates
229457, 148675
Date Recorded
24/10/2006
Date Updated
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Description
Detached nine-bay single-storey national school, dated 1900. Multiple-bay single-storey later pile to rear, built c.1960. Pitched slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods and having rendered chimneystack to block of c.1940. Rendered walls with cut limestone date plaque over entrance door. Segmental-headed timber casement windows with limestone sills. Segmental-headed doorway, boarded up, with overlight. Rendered boundary wall to front of building and convent buildings to east and south.
Appraisal
This national school forms part of the former Ballingarry Presentation Convent complex. Now replaced by a new school to the north, this building is a reminder of the educational history of the district and retains its slate roof and timber casement windows.