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Doogary National School — DOOGARY [COST. BY.]

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Doogary National School — DOOGARY [COST. BY.]
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Detached six-bay single-storey national school, dated 1897; extant 1901, on a symmetrical plan. Closed, 1973. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on timber construction with clay ridge tiles centred on rendered chimney stack having lichen-covered cut-limestone chamfered capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging timber boarded eaves having timber consoles with no rainwater goods to rear (west) elevation on exposed timber rafters. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings centred on rusticated date stone ("1897") with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows behind iron mesh panels. Square-headed flanking door openings with concrete steps supporting wrought iron bootscrapers, and rendered surrounds framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors. Road fronted.

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