Survey Data
Reg No
40404013
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
School
Date
1830 - 1835
Coordinates
267925, 287776
Date Recorded
24/07/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey national school, built 1834, with single-storey recessed lean-to entrance porches to either side. Now vacant. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, stepped rendered chimneystack to centre of rear elevation, stone eaves course, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled-and-lined smooth rendered walls with limestone name plaque to centre of front elevation reading ‘KILLEETER / NATIONAL SCHOOL / AD. 1834’. Eight-over-eight timber sash windows to front elevation in diminishing size to ground and first floor. Stone sills to outer bays longer than central bay. Timber sheeted door to first floor rear elevation. Door missing to eastern side entrance, recent timber sheeted door to western porch. Pair of red brick toilet blocks, c.1930, to north-east. Coursed rubble stone wall to boundary with square-profile piers, rendered barrel coping to wall, pyramidal caping to piers, and forged iron gate.
Appraisal
A medium-sized school which retains much of its original form and detailing, including historic windows and date plaque. The building displays a balanced symmetrical composition with flanking entrances, probably for boys and girls, reflecting the segregation of public education in the nineteenth century. The longer sills of the outer bays suggests that the fenestration of the building may have changed. The school is of social heritage interest having had an important role in the educational history of the locality. Its architectural form makes a strong contribution to the historic character of the area.