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Carrowmena Outdoor Centre (former School)

Carrowclare, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
Outdoor Pursuits Centre etc
Date of construction
1920 - 1939
Address
Carrowmena Outdoor Centre (former School), 100 Carrowclare Road, Limavady, Co Londonderry BT49 9EB
Townland
Carrowclare
Council
Causeway Coast and Glens
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
55.09150, -6.99938
Date of survey
15 June 1997
HB reference
HB02/10/032

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

2 classroom former school erected in 1936 as a Public Elementary School to a design similar to that advocated by Wilshere. The walls externally are roughcast and painted cream while the slightly projecting porch has a tonal contrast with burnt umber smooth rendering lined to resemble masonry. The ogee gutters and downpipes are in cast iron and the whole is in a good state of repair. The chimney stack pierces the roof ridge diagonally between the 2 classrooms.

The School activities ceased 20 years ago and the building has been added to quite and sensitively though the window articulation could have been more sympathetic. The school building has an Arts & Crafts flavour.

Historical information

Erected in 1936, closed in 1976, now used as an outdoor education centre

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Pre World War II primary school (1930s) of good design and neat detail, simple plan neatly sited. Extension for outdoor education activities does not spoil the overall form. Not, however sufficiently special to merit listing.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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