Survey Data
Reg No
32314012
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Ceard Scoil Baile an Mhóta
Original Use
School
In Use As
Institute of technology
Date
1920 - 1940
Coordinates
166372, 315936
Date Recorded
02/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached eleven-bay single-storey rendered former National School, built c. 1930, now in use as technical college. T-plan, central flat-topped breakfront containing entrance. Pitched concrete-tile roof, concrete ridge tiles, painted smooth-rendered chimneystacks, half-round cast-iron gutters. Painted roughcast walling above sill course, painted smooth-rendered walling below. Square-headed window openings, smooth-rendered reveals, painted masonry sills, painted six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed entrance door opening, recessed smooth-rendered surround on projecting plinth blocks, recessed rectangular panel above, painted timber double doors each with four raised-and-fielded panels c. 1980. Set in grounds, bitmac forecourt, single-storey associated buildings c. 1960 to west, painted smooth-rendered boundary wall, painted smooth-rendered gate piers with recessed panels, projecting plinths and recessed caps, iron gates with diagonal lattice pattern to bottom panels.
Appraisal
This is a fine example of the National School form that was, with variations, used throughout Ireland in the period between the 1920s and the 1950s. Simple and practical with an Art Deco influence, this type of school provided bright and airy classrooms. The clean modern lines are echoed in the entrance gate piers.