Survey Data
Reg No
11209031
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
School
In Use As
School
Date
1865 - 1875
Coordinates
306997, 231307
Date Recorded
28/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey with attic former National School, built 1870, with lower single-storey projecting gabled porch forming T-plan. Now in use as a classroom building. Squared limestone walls with ashlar limestone quoins and dressings to openings. Inscribed plaque to gable of porch. Pointed and shouldered openings with chamfered reveals and uPVC casement windows. Quatrefoil windows to attic gables. Pitched slate roof with gable coping. Low limestone rubble wall to the street.
Appraisal
This former National School is an excellent example of the school buildings of the day. It is extremely well executed and stands prominently on the historic Tower Road. It is still in use today as a classroom for the modern school.