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Detached three-bay (six-bay deep) single-storey gable-fronted Church of Ireland national school-cum-parish hall, dated 1906; extant 1911, on a rectangular plan. Closed, 1977. Disused, 1994. Now in alternative use. Pitched (gable-fronted) slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on dentilated "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls on "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cushion course on roughcast-panelled rendered plinth with rusticated rendered quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening with dragged cut-limestone step threshold, and rendered surround with panelled pilasters supporting archivolt on floral-detailed ogee consoles framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors having overpanel with inscribed shield date stone ("1906"). Segmental-headed flanking window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and rendered surrounds with panelled pilasters supporting archivolts on ogee consoles framing timber casement windows having overlights. Camber-headed window openings to side elevations with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds having chamfered reveals framing timber casement windows having overlights. Street fronted on a corner site with concrete footpath to front.

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