School in Woodford

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Detached three-bay two-storey former school, dated 1834, having lower double-height entrance porch to front (east) elevation with recent lean-to porch addition, single-storey lean-to extension to north elevation, and recent single-storey extension with hipped roof to rear. Now in use as heritage centre. Hipped artificial slate roof. Render removed exposing rubble sandstone walls, round-headed recess to front elevation of porch with inscribed slate plaque, rectangular panels between floors in front elevation. Square-headed window openings, some with cut-stone sills, and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed door openings with replacement uPVC doors. Set back from road in own grounds, with rubble stone boundary walls.

Formerly a school, this building continues to serve an important social function as a heritage centre. Although altered and extended, the symmetrical form of the original building is still evident and the front elevation is enlivened by the tall recess to the porch.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30342009

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Recorded change of use: Originally school; recorded by the architectural inventory as heritage centre/interpretative centre

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