Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB06/06/023

Address :
Glynn Primary School 26 Main Road Glynn Larne Co Antrim BT40 3HF

Townland:
Glynn

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
School

Former Use
School

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
70/16

IG Ref:
J4063 9999

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Owner Category

Education Board

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.

Architects

Smith, Roland Ingleby

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

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.

General Comments

Date of Survey

11 September 1997