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Glynn Primary School

Glynn, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Glynn Primary School, Mid and East Antrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
School
Date of construction
1920 - 1939
Address
Glynn Primary School, 26 Main Road, Glynn, Larne, Co Antrim, BT40 3HF
Townland
Glynn
Council
Mid and East Antrim
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.82797, -5.81246
Date of survey
11 September 1997
HB reference
HB06/06/023

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1900 map "Ireland" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1906 · Edinburgh. Scottish Lake District. Index Map: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Scotland - southern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A single-storey white painted roughcast school with a half-hipped roof to a central block with plain hipped roofs to lower flanking blocks. Roofs of Bangor blue slates in regular courses, with four gabled dormers to the entrance front of the main block. PVC replacement windows throughout. It stands facing the main road in its own grounds, set back, with a lawn in front of it.

Historical information

Built for Larne Regional Education Committee to the designs of R.I. Smith of the Northern Ireland Office of Works; drawings date from 1930; site plans revised 1931 and 1932.

References - Primary

1. Ministry of Finance files held in MBR, Hill Street, Belfast..

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This is an example of an inter-war rural school whose design came from the Government architect’s office, but whose rural charm has been spoiled by inappropriate alterations.

Nearby in the register

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

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