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Detached four-bay single-storey over basement parochial school with half-attic, extant 1838, on a rectangular plan with single-bay full-height side elevations. In alternative use, 1895. In alternative use, 1976. Renovated to accommodate alternative use. Now disused[?]. Replacement hipped artificial slate roof with…

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Detached four-bay single-storey over basement parochial school with half-attic, extant 1838, on a rectangular plan with single-bay full-height side elevations. In alternative use, 1895. In alternative use, 1976. Renovated to accommodate alternative use. Now disused[?]. Replacement hipped artificial slate roof with ridge tiles, and uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed coursed rubble limestone walls originally rendered with hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Camber-headed window openings centred on inscribed drag edged cut-limestone panel with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and repointed hammered limestone voussoirs framing replacement timber casement windows. Set on green.
A parochial school representing an integral component of the early nineteenth-century built heritage of Castlebar with the architectural value of the composition, 'a handsome building erected [with a grant] from the rector's school funds' (Lewis 1837 I, 289), suggested by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form; and the symmetrical frontage centred on a plaque showing two attempts at inscription. However, while the elementary form and massing survive intact, neither the removal of the surface finish nor the introduction of replacement fittings to the openings has had a beneficial impact on the external expression or integrity of a parochial school making a pleasing visual statement in The Mall.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 31209082

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