Overview
school — Castletown is recorded as school in Tipperary. Detached two-bay single-storey school with attic storey, built c.1820, having projecting gabled porch. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached two-bay single-storey school with attic storey, built c.1820, having projecting gabled porch.
People and work
The saved account records: Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks.
How it changed
The saved account records: Roughcast rendered walls with square-headed openings having stone sills, double six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to front and replacement uPVC windows to gables.
What survives
The saved account records: Triangular window inserted in east gable.
Why it mattered
school — Castletown matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This building is an interesting example of modest school houses in Ireland and is a notable feature within Castletown village. It retains much of its original form and this is enhanced by the retention of features such as the paired timber sash windows. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
Places near here
- post box — Castletownbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house — Castletownbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Castletown Church of Ireland Graveyardmemorialunder 0.1 miles
- Castletown Church (Castletownarra)buildingunder 0.1 miles
- Landsdown House — Castletownbuilding0.2 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballingeermonument0.3 miles
- Enclosure in Ballywilliam (castletownarra Par.)monument0.4 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballywilliam (castletownarra Par.),landsdownmonument0.5 miles
- Enclosure in Ballingeermonument0.5 miles
- Castle in ruins — Castletown (castletownarra Par.)castle0.6 miles
- Arra Loopviewpoint0.6 miles
- Indicated — Castleloughmonument0.6 miles
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