Survey Data
Reg No
30928003
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
College
Date
1930 - 1940
Coordinates
203676, 307511
Date Recorded
01/07/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached L-plan seven-bay single-storey vocational school, built 1935. Closed, 1969. Now disused. Extension to rear. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and profiled cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledashed walls. Timber sash windows. Pedimented entrance with timber panelled and glazed double doors and eight-pane overlight. Sheds to north. Wrought-iron gates to front of site.
Appraisal
The vocational school in Keshcarrigan was the first such school built in County Leitrim. Although neglected, and in poor repair, the form survives intact with original fabric including the double doors, conventional Georgian sash windows and slated roof.