- Building type: School
- Date of construction: 1777
- Architect: John McCurdy (LA)
- Listing: B1
- HB/SMR Ref: HB12/19/023
- 2nd Survey by EHS: No
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Main Block, Portora Royal School, Enniskillen
County Fermanagh
Classical style school buildings, with central block flanked by side wings. Central block is 7 bays long and 3 storeys with large rectangular sash windows on ground and first floor, and smaller square sash windows on 2nd floor. Ground floor windows have flat architrave. Either side of the main block is a Tuscan colonnade joining the centre to one bay, 2 storey wings. Wings have 1 sash window on first floor, and tripartite sash window with console-bracketed architrave on ground floor. Colonnade has large sash windows with central square-topped doorway on ground floor, with 3 rounded-arch windows with interspersed pilasters on first floor
| Stone Type Category: | Buff-Pink Sandstone |
| Primary Stone Type: | Fermanagh Carboniferous Sandstone |
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| Stonework Construction: | Plain ashlar |
| Stonework Condition: | Sandstone blockwork is in reasonable condition but with some evidence of isolated stone block deterioration and surface loss through flaking and granular disintegration. |
| Condition Assessment (QUB): | 2 |
