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Ballinvella National School — BALLINVELLA (COS. BY.)

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Ballinvella National School — BALLINVELLA (COS. BY.)
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Detached five-bay single-storey national school, dated 1862, on a T-shaped plan retaining some original fenestration comprising three-bay single-storey gable-fronted entrance bay with single-bay single-storey recessed flanking end bays having three-bay single-storey side elevations. Mostly refenestrated, c.1985. Now in residential use. Hipped and pitched slate roofs on a T-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, cut-stone chimney stack having dentilated detailing, and cast-iron rainwater goods on squared rubble stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls (originally rendered with render removed, c.1985) with cut-stone date stone/plaque to gable, and unpainted rendered wall to rear (south) elevation. Square-headed window openings (grouped (three) to side elevations) with cut-stone sills, and tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds to side elevations having voussoirs. 6/6 timber sash windows with replacement aluminium casement windows, c.1985, to side elevations. Square-headed door opening with tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals, and replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled door, c.2000. Set back from road in own grounds with random rubble stone boundary wall to perimeter having cut-stone piers with cut-stone capping, and wrought iron gate.

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