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Magherarney National School — TEMPLETATE

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Magherarney National School — TEMPLETATE
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Detached T-plan single-storey school, dated 1920, now in use as boxing club. Lean-to roofed entrance porch to re-entrant angle of north elevation, and lean-to roofed extension to east elevation connecting to additional single-storey block parallel to rear of building. Slate roof, pitched to front (west) elevation, hipped to sides (north and south) and to rear (east) elevation. Yellow brick chimneystack, clay ridge tiles, timber bargeboards, exposed timber roof supports forming bracket course, and having cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared snecked rusticated limestone and sandstone walls, having tooled sandstone block-and-start quoins and plinth course, and date plaque inscribed 'Magherarney National School AD 1920' to gable facing road. Square-headed window openings with tooled Portland stone lintels, block-and-start surrounds and tooled masonry sills. Timber sliding sash windows to road-facing openings and to one window opening in south elevation, six-over-nine pane to front gable, three-over-six pane to porch, and six-over-six pane to south elevation. Other openings have replacement timber frames. Square-headed door opening to north side of porch, with tooled sandstone lintel and timber battened door, with stone step.

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