Carnalway National School

Attached four-bay single-storey former national school, c.1870, comprising three-bay single-storey main block with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to centre, single-bay single-storey gabled advanced end bay to west and single-bay single-storey flat-roofed return to rear to south. Refenestrated, c.1995. Gable-ended roofs (gabled to porch) with slate. Crested clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Timber eaves and bargeboards (inscribed to porch). Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roof to return. Bitumen felt. Rendered walls. Unpainted. Rendered margins to corners. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1995. Square-headed door opening. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Set back from road in own grounds.Attached three-bay two-storey former school master's house, c.1870, at right angles to east (forming projecting end bay of school) with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to centre and single-bay two-storey lean-to lower return to rear to west. Gable-ended roofs (gabled to porch; lean-to to return) with slate. Crested clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Timber eaves and bargeboards. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Unpainted. Rendered margins to corners. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1995. Square-headed door opening. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled door.

Carnalway National School (former) is an attractive building that combines the school block and school master's residence in a compact, integrated design. The building is of social value having formerly served the role of the educational facility in the locality - built by and still in the ownership of the Church of Ireland, the school now serves a related purpose and is in use as a crèche/nursery. Despite a change in use the school retains some of its original character and retains important early salient features including tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors, inscribed bargeboards and a slate roof with decorative cresting to the ridge tiles. The re-instatement of traditional-style timber fenestration might restore a more accurate representation of the original appearance of the building. The school is attractively set in its own grounds and forms a neat group with the contemporary rectory nearby (11902403/KD-24-03).