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Ballydevitt National School

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Ballydevitt National School
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Detached six-bay single-storey former national school, dated 1946, having recessed flat-roofed returns and toilet blocks to the rear (north-west). Now out of use. Hipped natural slate roof to main body of building having clayware ridge tiles, projecting stone eaves course, central metal vent, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered finish over red brick walls (English Garden Bond) up to window sill level with smooth rendered plinth to base. Cut stone name and date plaque to the front elevation (south-east) having incised Gaelic lettering reading ‘Scoil Baile Davit, Scoil Naisunta, 1946’. Square-headed window openings having stone sills and remains of three-over three-pane timber sliding sash windows with horizontal glazing bars. Windows to flat-roofed sections now boarded. Single square-headed doorway to the front face (south-east) of recessed blocks to either side having plain raised ashlar surround with ashlar lintels over, and with remains of timber doors with glazed panels to upper half. Set back from road in own grounds to the north-west of Donegal Town and adjacent to Killymard Church of Ireland church. Located at corner site adjacent to road junctions. Remains of single-storey playground shelters to site. Site bounded on road-frontage by blockwork boundary walls.

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