School in Ballynacarriga

Detached three-bay two-storey former school, built in 1877, with gable-fronted porch to front (south) elevation and two-bay single-storey lean-to to rear (north) elevation and single-bay single-storey extension to east. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves, timber brackets and rendered chimneystacks with recessed panels. Pitched slate roof to porch having timber brackets and bargeboard. Cast-iron balconies to east and west elevations with ornate brackets. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with concrete sills and render label mouldings. Slightly recessed niche to porch, south elevation with inset fixed window. Square-headed opening to porch having half-glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed opening to lean-to with half-glazed timber panelled door. Rubble limestone walls to south with pair of square-profile rubble limestone piers.

This school is a handsome building of elegant proportions, which are enlivened by interesting and unusual features such as the render hoodmouldings and ornate cast-iron balconies. The house preserves most of its original character through the retention of many features, such as the timber sliding sash windows and slate roof with timber brackets. Prominently sited, the house is highly visible in the surrounding landscape, in which it presents an attractive, striking form.