Survey Data
Reg No
14804041
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Previous Name
Scoil Chlochair Naomh Muire
Original Use
School
In Use As
School
Date
1910 - 1915
Coordinates
262678, 232397
Date Recorded
12/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay two-storey national school, built in 1911, with central gabled breakfront, with two-storey return to rear, extensions to north-east and south-west, built in 1929 and 1954. Set back from street. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, cast-iron rainwater goods, lead vents and timber bargeboards. Central gable with limestone coping and cut stone bellcote with wrought-iron cross. Roughcast rendered walls with rock-faced limestone quoins and plinth. uPVC windows with tooled limestone sills. Venetian window to central breakfront surmounted hoodmoulding and oculus with cut limestone surround. Round-headed door opening with roll moulding to reveals. Rendered surround surmounted by limestone cornice and date plaque. Replacement glazed timber door and fanlight approached by concrete steps and wheelchair ramp. Random coursed limestone wall bounds site with wrought-iron gates.
Appraisal
Saint Mary's Convent has, over time, been added to in order to fulfill the obvious demands of the growing town of Edenderry. The main and oldest part of the school retains many fine features including decorative stonework which compliment the structure and suggest a stylistic connection to the nearby convent.