teacher's house

Attached three-bay two-storey former school master’s house, c.1800, retaining original fenestration with single-bay single-storey end bay to left (north-west). Now in private residential use. Gable-ended roofs with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Overhanging eaves. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls over rubble stone construction. Unpainted. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. 4/4 and 6/6 timber sash windows. Timber boarded door. Overlight. Set back from road in own grounds. Hedge boundary to front.Attached three-bay two-storey yellow brick former Church of Ireland school, c.1820, to north-east forming L-shaped plan retaining original fenestration. Now in residential use. Hipped roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Remains of cast-iron rainwater goods. Yellow brick Flemish bond walls. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. 2/2 timber sash windows with exposed sash boxes.Detached two-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1820, to north-west. Reroofed, c.1940. Gable-ended roof. Replacement corrugated-iron, c.1940. Iron ridge tiles. Rubble stone walls with traces of render over. Square-headed door opening. Red brick surrounds. Remains of timber fittings.

Bohereen Church of Ireland School (former), with adjacent school master’s house, is a fine and attractive range that forms an attractive feature in the village of Bohereen. The building is of considerable social and historical interest for its originally intended purpose as a parish-funded centre of education. The composition of the building is somewhat unusual, with the placement of the school to the rear (north-east) of the site, having the school master’s house fronting on to the road. The building, although only in fair condition, retains much of its original character, features and materials, including timber sash fenestration (some with exposed sash boxes), timber doors and slate roofs.