Survey Data
Reg No
30407210
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Scoil Náisiúnta Éanna Naomhtha
Original Use
School
Date
1885 - 1890
Coordinates
159607, 233151
Date Recorded
13/10/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached six-bay single-storey schoolhouse, dated 1887, having lean-to porch to south with replacement slate roof. Pitched natural slate roof with red brick chimneystacks to gables. Half-round cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with rendered skirting band to base. Square-headed six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with render reveals and tooled limestone sills. Timber battened entrance door in east side of porch. Limestone plaque in east elevation reads 'Scoil Éanna Naomhtha Scoil Náisiúnta' and second reads 'Gorteen National School 1887'. Small garden to front with rendered limestone boundary wall having stone chamfered coping.
Appraisal
The schoolhouse was opened in 1887 with money gifted from a local family, who resided in nearby Temple House. It is the sister school of Saint Monica’s national school in Shanballard. It catered for the boys and girls of the local area and though modernised in the 1950s, the simple form and detailing have been retained and make this modest building an attractive addition to the architectural heritage of the area.