Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB02/10/032

Address :
Carrowmena Outdoor Centre (former School) 100 Carrowclare Road Limavady Co Londonderry BT49 9EB

Townland:
Carrowclare

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Outdoor Pursuits Centre etc

Former Use
School

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
18/12

IG Ref:
C6392 2760

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Owner Category

Education Board

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.

Architects

Agnew, CS, Architect with Ministry of Finance

Historical Information

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

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

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.

General Comments

Date of Survey

15 June 1997