Survey Data
Reg No
41306008
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Previous Name
Rockcorry National School
Original Use
School
In Use As
House
Date
1845 - 1850
Coordinates
264466, 319119
Date Recorded
01/10/2011
Date Updated
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Description
End-of-terrace five bay two-storey former national school, dated 1847. Now in use as house. South end bay appears to be later addition and is slightly recessed from rear wall. Pitched slate roof, hipped to south end, with grey clayware ridge tiles, and red brick chimneystack with brick cogging detail. Coursed limestone rubble walls with ashlar sandstone block-and-start quoins to south end, and red brick stretcher-bond string course above ground floor openings. Stone plaque over south doorway inscribed 'Rockcorry N.S. Estb. 1847'. Square-headed window openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds and flat-arch lintels, replacement timber six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows, and stone sills. Square-headed door openings to two bays, with red brick surrounds and voussoirs, and replacement timber doors with overlights.
Appraisal
This former school displays good quality masonry in this stone and brickwork detail. The building's form and detailing are typical of many small towns and villages and it pleasantly terminates the row of which it forms part. Its historical and social significance is enhanced by having being the place at which J.R. Gregg, the inventor of shorthand, began his education.