School in Dromdrasdil

Detached two-bay single-storey with dormer attic former school, built c.1865, now in use as private house. Four-bay double-height and two-storey to side elevations. Pitched artificial slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted and rendered walls with rendered quoins. Square-headed openings with paired one-over-one timber sliding sash windows to gabled dormers. Nine-over-nine and twelve-over-twelve timber sliding sash windows to side elevations, with chamfered render block-and-start surrounds. Pointed arch door opening with timber battened door, concrete step and chamfered render block-and-start surround.

This mid-nineteenth century school is located in the picturesque landscape close to Coolkellure Demesne and St. Edmund's Church of Ireland church. It displays artistic detailing and despite renovations, maintains much of its original character. More than likely built by the Shuldham family, it is an interesting reminder of the role many landowners took in the education of their tenants and workers in the nineteenth century.