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Castlepollard National School — Church Street

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Castlepollard National School — Church Street
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Detached four-bay single-storey national school, dated 1848, with projecting end bay to the west end of front (north) elevation. Now in use as local museum. Pitched natural slate roofs with remains of decorative timber bargeboards, timber finials and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls over projecting plinth with limestone quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with multi-panelled timber casement windows. Main entrance on east side of projecting bay having replacement door. Cut-limestone plaque inscribed: "CASTLE POLLARD [sic]/NATIONAL SCHOOLS/ERECTED BY/REVd. WALTER MURTAGH P.P./1848". Remains of cast-iron hydrant to east end of front elevation. Set back from road with modern stone boundary wall to road frontage.

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