Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Glaskermore Primary School
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- No type recorded
- Address
- Glaskermore Primary School, Glaskermore Road, BANBRIDGE, Co Down, BT32 5BL
- Council
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.27034, -6.24936
- Date of survey
- 28 February 2012
- HB reference
- HB17/08/025
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A former single-storey traditionally constructed rendered schoolhouse, partially derelict at the time of the first survey (1975) and now replaced with a later building.
The First Survey card indicates a rectangular building of split rubble walls. Timber windows with fixed lower panes and upper part divided in small panes. Gable entrance porch. The original building was possible low harled building to the north. Used as a school until about 1963. Patrick Bronte, schoolmaster in adjoining building. Does not appear on the OS map of 1833. Date of visit: 22-07-70
General comments
Partial Survey Only
Nearby in the register
- Glascar Presbyterian ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- Corn Kiln & StoreMillunder 1 mi
- Corn millMillunder 1 mi
- Flax millMillunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.