Survey Data
Reg No
30411003
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Scoil Náisiúnta Naomh Pádraig
Original Use
School
In Use As
School
Date
1950 - 1970
Coordinates
80668, 212096
Date Recorded
12/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached eight-bay single-storey national school, built c.1960, having slightly projecting porches to each end of front matched by similar projections to rear. Pitched tile roof sprocketed to projections, having rubble limestone chimneystacks. Exposed snecked hammer-dressed limestone walls with pronounced batter. Square-headed windows having raised render reveals to, with stone lintels to trio of windows to gables, and stone sills throughout. Replacement uPVC windows and doors. Concrete canopies to porches. Limestone name plaques to middle and east end of front façade.
Appraisal
This national school is one of several educational buildings on Árainn which have battered snecked limestone walls, forming a distinctive group expoliting local materials. The form of the building is further enhanced by the steeply pitched roof which is sprocketed over the projections to front and rear.