The Old School House in Stradbally North

Detached six-bay two-story cruciform-plan former school, built in 1867. Comprising gable-fronted breakfront to front (east) and rear (west) elevations, recent uPVC conservatory and timber portico to south elevation. Hipped slate roof having pitched slate roofs to breakfronts and red brick chimneystacks. Snecked limestone walls with tooled limestone quoins, platband and plinth course. Inscribed limestone date stone to front elevation. Square-headed openings having limestone sills, red brick voussoirs and timber casement windows. Square-headed opening to south elevation with red brick voussoirs and half-glazed timber panelled door. Limestone step to entrance. Pair of square-profile snecked limestone piers to east having limestone caps, single-leaf cast-iron gate and rubble limestone boundary walls. Pair of square-profile rubble limestone piers to north-east with double-leaf cast-iron gates.

This well composed school retains most of its original form and fabric, despite a subsequent change of use. Fine detailing, including tooled limestone dressings enhance the architectural quality of the building. The school, built on the site of the former Roman Catholic church, forms an attractive feature in the landscape, and is of particular significance as one of the earliest purpose-built educational facilities in Castleconnell. Plaque to gable reads: 'Castleconnell National School 1867'.