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Newtown National School

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Newtown National School
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Detached three-bay double-height national school, dated 1937, with pair of three-bay single-storey flat-roofed parallel ranges along rear (north-west) elevation (forming two-bay single-storey recessed end bay to south-west). Refenestrated, c.1990. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Flat bitumen felt roofs to parallel ranges with timber eaves. Painted roughcast walls with cut-stone date stone, and cut-stone plaques. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Square-headed door openings with replacement timber panelled doors, c.1990. Set back from road in own grounds with painted roughcast boundary wall to perimeter.(ii) Detached nine-bay single-storey flat-roofed outbuilding, built 1937, to north with series of seven square-headed openings forming open arcade, and single-bay two-stage tower to west on a square plan. Flat bitumen felt roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Painted roughcast walls with rendered strips, and band to eaves. Oculus window openings with rendered surrounds, and fixed-pane timber windows. Series of seven square-headed openings forming open arcade on cast-concrete pillars.

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