Cloghans National School — CLOONANAFF

Detached four-bay single-storey national school, dated 1860; opened 1861; extant 1893, on an L-shaped plan with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch. Closed, 1958. Renovated to accommodate continued private residential use. Pitched slate roof on an L-shaped plan including pitched (gabled) slate roof to porch with roll moulded clay ridge tiles, tuck pointed drag edged tooled limestone ashlar buttressed chimney stacks having lichen-covered cut-limestone stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta octagonal pots, lichen-covered cut-limestone "Cavetto" coping to gables on drag edged tooled cut-limestone kneelers with roll moulded finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part repointed tuck pointed snecked limestone walls on dragged cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with drag edged tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement with drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing replacement casement windows. Set in landscaped grounds with drag edged tooled limestone ashlar piers to perimeter having lichen-covered pyramidal capping supporting spear head-detailed flat iron gate.