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Knockloughra National School

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Knockloughra National School
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Detached seven-bay single-storey national school, dated 1884; extant 1897, on a U-shaped plan originally three-bay[?] single-storey on an L-shaped plan with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting lower end bays. Extended, 1958-9, producing present composition. Closed, 1984. Renovated to accommodate continued occasional residential use. Replacement pitched artificial slate roofs on a U-shaped plan including pitched (gabled) artificial slate roofs with clay ridge tiles terminating in repointed chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening below drag edged rusticated cut-limestone date stone ("1884") with concealed dressings framing replacement timber panelled door. Square-headed flanking window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set back from line of road in landscaped grounds.

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