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Glassan School

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Glassan School
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Detached five-bay single-storey school house, dated 1844, having a single-bay gable-fronted entrance porch to the centre of the main façade (east) and single-bay recessed wings to either gable end (north and south). Now in use as a heritage centre and community centre. Pitched natural slate roofs with clay ridge tiles and a central pair of Tudor Gothic style brick chimneystacks (on octagonal plan with cut-stone coping over). Coursed rubble limestone walls with brick dressing to openings, originally rendered. Square-headed window openings having hoodmouldings over and cut stone sills and replacement timber casement windows. Tudor-arched doorcase with brick dressings to projecting porch having replacement timber door. Cut stone plaque above doorway. Located in prominent position to the south of the village of Glassan. Set back from road in own grounds with rubble limestone wall to road-frontage.

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