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Former Primary School, Ballymena

  •   101 Ballymoney Road, Ballymena

Two storey, 6 bay Tudor style school house. Main front 3 bays wide. Flanked with gabled bays. Pitched slate roof. Tudor style entrance doorway. Modern school built onto original building in same style. Ashlar basalt with Tardree stone dressing.

Stone Information

  • Stone Type Category :
  • Primary Stone:
  • Secondary Stone:
  • Other Stone Type:
  • Stonework Construction:
    Pattern-coursed tooled ashlar
  • Stonework Condition:
    Despite some localised greening associated with rainwater goods, basalt stonework is in good condition but rhyolite detailing shows evidence of deterioration through scaling and surface roughening with loss of architectural definition.
  • Condition Assessment (QUB):
    Stage 2 – Section specific remedial action is required but the extent of intervention should be limited because of the lack of distant involvement within façade boundaries.
  • OS Irish Grid (Easting):
    310464
  • OS Irish Grid (Northing):
    403882

Architect Information

  • Building Type:
  • Date of construction:
    1847
  • Listing:
    B1
  • HB/SMR Ref:
    HB07/18/007
  • 2nd survey by EHS:
    No

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