School in Toom, County Cork

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Detached four-bay two-storey school, built c.1840, having gable-fronted porch to front (west) and stone steps giving access to upper-storey to rear (east). Now disused. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack and recent rooflights. Whitewashed rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with timber lintels and rendered sills with windows blocked to first floor, two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor. Square-headed door openings to rear elevation with timber battened door and over light opening to flight of stone steps having whitewashed enclosing wall. Rubble stone enclosing wall with square-profile piers, located adjacent to church.

This substantial former school is a notable structure in the small village of Toom. Ornamentation is limited and the modest design indicates that a greater emphasis was placed upon the functionality of the structure. The first floor entrance clearly articulates the separate entrances and classrooms for girls and boys, which was a common feature of the educational system in Ireland in the past. The school is prominently sited adjacent to the church.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20908206

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