Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB02/06/010

Address :
Dungiven High School 822 Glenshane Road Dungiven Co Londonderry BT47 4PQ

Townland:
Dungiven

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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:
51/6

IG Ref:
C6945 0891

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Owner Category

Education Board

Exterior Description And Setting

Ssecondary school of post war vintage carried out by the Architects Dept of the former County Londonderry Education Committee. A single storey building having a H like plan layout with a covered way link to the adjacent primary and technical school. Of flat roof construction, cubist in form and having a variety of external materials typical of some 1950’s schools both here and in Britain. The various elements on the school are robustly expressed such as assembly hall, entrance, classrooms and ancillary accommodation. Finished with panels of smooth painted rendering, iron stained Claudy schist in rubble walls, extended runs of unbroken metal glazing, great emphasis on horizontal lines, flat roofs with generous overhangs and mineral felt membrane finishes, slim steel columns. The school is sited well back from the Glenshane Road with straight avenue approach close to the adjacent primary school and opening out into a general forecourt close to the main entrance. Few of the classrooms face the sun, normal prospect S E, though some of the teaching rooms have high lateral lighting.

Architects

Campbell, Noel E

Historical Information

Built by the County Londonderry Education Committee and opened in 1961. The chief architect of the Committee’s architect’s department was Noel Campbell who was imaginative and inventive in his approach to school planning and external expression. He experimented with a variety of external materials. References School vice-principal (2000)

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

An interesting example of an early post war secondary ( intermediate ) school by one of the provinces more adventurous and spirited architects working for an Education Committee. There are better examples of Noel Campbell’s work in the county and this one should be recorded only.

General Comments

Date of Survey

20 June 2000