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Sprigging School

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Sprigging School
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Detached two-bay single-storey former school, built 1825, formerly ruinous, restored 2000. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack. Rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills, having three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to rear (east)…

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Detached two-bay single-storey former school, built 1825, formerly ruinous, restored 2000. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack. Rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills, having three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to rear (east) elevation, having battened timber door with limestone threshold.
The Sprigging School was established by Lady Carbery in 1825 at a time when there was a market for handmade lace. The name sprigging comes from the type of lace associated with Rathbarry which was known as sprigging lace as it was shaped like a sprig or spray. This small scale building forms part of a significant group of related structures with the demesne buildings found in the village and elsewhere on the former estate.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20914402

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Recorded change of use
Originally school; recorded by the architectural inventory as museum/gallery
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