School in Knockranny [murr. by.], County Mayo

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Detached two-bay (seven-bay deep) two-storey gable-fronted parochial school, built 1824, on a rectangular plan. Vacated, 1962. Sold, 1965. In alternative use, 1976. In alternative use, 1986. Renovated to accommodate alternative use. Pitched (gable-fronted) slate roof with roll moulded clay ridge tiles, lead-covered concrete coping to gables, and replacement plastic rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part repointed tuck pointed limestone ashlar wall on cut-limestone plinth with dragged cut-limestone "tondi" to gable centred on inscribed cut-limestone plaque; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish (remainder) with bull nose-detailed panelled quoins to ends. Pair of segmental-headed blind openings (ground floor) with limestone ashlar voussoirs. Square-headed window openings with sills not visible, and moulded surrounds framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Street fronted with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

A school 'erected through the zeal of the Most Reverend Oliver Kelly DD [1777-1834]' representing an important component of the early nineteenth-century built heritage of Westport with the architectural value of the composition confirmed by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form; the Classically-detailed frontispiece demonstrating good quality workmanship; and the uniform or near-uniform proportions of the openings on each floor with those openings showing sleek ""stucco"" refinements.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 31212046

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