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Portrane National Schools — Portrane Road

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Portrane National Schools — Portrane Road
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Detached eight-bay two-storey red brick former school, c.1880, with gable-fronted projecting central block flanked by single-bay single-storey lean-to entrance porches. Single-bay single-storey porch to right gable end, c.2000. Yellow brick rear elevation having two-storey lean-to to rear. Now in apartments.ROOF: Double pitched slate roof; decorative terracotta ridge tiles; granite coping and corbels to gable ends; brick chimneys with granite coping; uPVC rooflight; copper clad spire; catslips roofs to porches; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Machine made red brick; English garden wall bond; high brick plinth; chamfered brick cornice; limestone carved tablets; yellow brick. OPENINGS: Originally segmental headed openings divided into two with insertion of limestone; brick arches; keystones; reveals and granite and brick cills; uPVC casement windows; squareheaded door and timber panelled door, c.2000.

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