Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB02/08/030

Address :
School House Near 55 East Road Limavady Co Londonderry BT49 ONW

Townland:
Carrick East

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Farm Buildings

Former Use
School

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
Yes

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
39/3

IG Ref:
C7028 1757

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Long low natural slated stone building aligning north west to south east behind the farm wall of Carrick East Threshing Mill (HB02/08/029). Insitu concrete coping over slates at end gables, rubble stone construction, butter pointed mortar, no quoin stones. Entrance door off centre on south east gable facing mill. Low matchboarded door with draw bolt. Some brickwork flanking the mainly stone opening. No openings to south west elevation facing farmyard wall. Brick kneeler course at high level under eaves. Scant remains of cast iron guttering. Circular gatepost adjoining north west end of wall. No gate. North west gable with wide garage door opening and external rail for sliding back doors (one missing). Apex above rebuilt in concrete brick work. Brick jambs to opening. North east side facing open steel barn has a chamfered corner at the north west end. It has five equally spaced high level windows. There are no cills. Timber frames remain.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The building is not indicated on the 1830 Ordnance Survey Map. It is marked as “Carrick School” on the 1848 map. A Carrick School is referred to in the Ordnance Survey Memoirs of 1835-7. But it is likely to be the school described as ‘Carrick West School’ elsewhere. A third return (possibly later) mentions two Carrick schools, the new one: “Carrick Evening School, Pay School, School House a tolerable good room’. This would date the school to 1837. On the 1905 map the building is no longer indicated as a school. References: OSS 1831, 1905 The Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Vol 9 p. 16.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A simple vernacular mid-Victorian school building, which was only in use for at most 70 years. It is reasonably intact as a plan though its fittings, chimneys and roof seem to have been replaced. It is of interest also for its unusual siting in a farmyard, its contribution to the local educational history of the area, and in its simplicity as a quite rare vernacular survivor. The alterations to the roof and the removal of the flue reduce its interest as an example of built heritage.

General Comments

Date of Survey

03 March 1998