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Victoria School

Ballyhalbert, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
Demolished
Date of construction
1880 - 1899
Address
Victoria School, Victoria Road, Ballyhalbert, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 1DQ
Townland
Ballyhalbert
Council
Ards and North Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.49373, -5.46358
Date of survey
11 September 1997
HB reference
HB24/03/003

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Scotland (Southern part). XIII" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Site of former single storey schoolhouse built in 1887, demolished 1988, with new school building now built in its place (opened 1989).

Description from 1st Survey card "Single storey school. T shaped plan with lean -to addition at back. Roof slated. Gable ends with gabled projection in front. Decorated barge boards and projecting eaves. Yellow brick chimney. Walls rendered and lined and painted. Bevelled base. Each side bay has 2 double hung windows, vertical astragals and label moulding over lintel. Central gable has inscription panel in tympanum and central window with semi-circular arch head, horizontal astragals. On each side of the window is smaller curved recess with semi-circular arch head. All 3 on sill and all with triple archivolt over. Sheeted entrance door on L/H side of projection and plywood panel door on R/H.
Condition good. Front about 58 feet."

Historical information

Site of former school house of 1887, demolished 1988. New school constructed on the site in 1988/89.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Site of former school (built 1887), now demolished.

Nearby in the register

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

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