Survey Data
Reg No
40906412
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
School
Date
1885 - 1890
Coordinates
172602, 398815
Date Recorded
14/04/2014
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey national school, dated 1888, having lower gabled porch to front. Now disused. Pitched slate roof to main block and porch, with overhanging eaves on exposed rafter ends, cast-iron rainwater goods and red brick chimneystack. Round roof vents to main gables. Roughcast coursed rubble stone walls with rusticated cut-limestone plaque inscribed "CLOGHER/NATIONAL SCHOOL/1888". Square-headed openings with stone sills and timber top-opening casement windows, and timber battened door. Five-bay single-storey outbuilding to yard to rear.
Appraisal
This small national school has fallen into disrepair, but retains its early form and character. The porch and exposed rafter ends are common design features of schools constructed by the Board of Works. The survival of the timber casement windows enhances the building's architectural heritage quality. It is relatively intact and unchanged.