Survey Data
Reg No
22403802
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
School
In Use As
Hall
Date
1880 - 1885
Coordinates
183980, 159489
Date Recorded
27/07/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached eight-bay single-storey national school, built 1881, with central two-bay gabled projecting porch. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls with limestone date plaque to porch. Replacement uPVC and some six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to front and fixed timber windows to rear. Timber battened doors, with steps and with paned overlight to west door. Green area to front of building.
Appraisal
The modest form and scale of this former school adds to the streetscape of Rear Cross by its contrast with the adjacent church, which was relocated to this site soon after the school was constructed. The limestone plaque above the entry door reads 'Rear National Schools 1881', and is an interesting reminder of a time in Ireland when one building was divided into separate spaces for boys and girls.