Survey Data
Reg No
11903902
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Previous Name
Maganey Upper National School
Original Use
School
In Use As
Community centre
Date
1835 - 1840
Coordinates
272849, 184975
Date Recorded
30/10/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey former national school, dated 1838, originally on a T-shaped plan with two-bay single-storey gabled projecting bay to centre having single-bay single-storey recessed end bays. Extensively renovated and extended, c.1970, comprising single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting bays to end bays to accommodate use as community centre. Refenestrated, c.1995, with some openings remodelled. Hipped roof (gabled to projecting bay). Replacement artificial slate, c.1970. Concrete ridge tiles. Timber eaves. Replacement aluminium rainwater goods, c.1970. Flat-roofs to projecting bays. Bitumen felt. Replacement roughcast walls, c.1970, to front elevation to south. Unpainted. Replacement render, c.1970, to remainder. Unpainted. Cut-stone date stone/plaque. Square-headed window openings (some remodelled, c.1995). Concrete sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1995. Square-headed door openings. Replacement timber doors, c.1970. Set back from road in own grounds. Rubble stone boundary wall to front.
Appraisal
Levitstown Hall is a small-scale former national school that is contemporary with the nearby church (11903901/KD-39-01), and which was possibly originally built under the patronage of the church - as such it is of social importance, and the building continues to serve the local community. The school is also of some historic interest for its original intended use as the earliest purpose-built educational facility in the locality, reflecting the concerns for the improvement of standards of education among the rural population. Although extensively altered to accommodate a different use, the original portion of the school is still identifiable as a symmetrically-planned block of modest appearance.