Glengormley Primary School, 166 Church Road, Glengormley, Co Antrim, BT37 6HJ

Glengormley Primary School is a detached multi-bay two-storey brick school building constructed in 1935, situated on the south side of Church Road, Glengormley.

The building comprises a symmetrical front elevation facing north with a double-height central hall flanked by taller two-storey square-on-plan wings set slightly back. To the rear is a rectangular-on-plan two-storey classroom block linked to the front by two-storey corridors, with a partially infilled central courtyard containing a single-storey flat-roofed block. A modern single-storey flat-roofed extension extends to the east, and an additional wing built around 1960 projects to the west, linked by corridor.

The roofs are hipped with artificial slate, half-round ridge and hip tiles. The front block has an external dormer access hatch at the rear, and the rear block features a central copper clock tower. Deep overhanging timber sheeted eaves with half-round cast-iron rainwater goods throughout; square hopper heads bear raised dates '1935'. The walling is Flemish bonded brown brick over a projecting plinth with chamfered cast-concrete coping and a soldier coursed eaves band.

Windows are uPVC replacements with various large pane divisions. Ground floor windows have splayed brick voussoirs, while first floor windows have soldier coursed heads, all with concrete sills. The hall block frontage is three windows wide, each flanked by shallow projecting three-quarter height piers with geometric cast-concrete heads and surmounted by cast-concrete apron panels. Twin flat-roofed porches project from the abutting planes of the wings and hall blocks, each containing a double-leaf three-panelled door with transom light, stepped cast-concrete surround, and accessed by two concrete steps with raised string walls.

The side elevations are identical except for later extensions. Each comprises a flanking wing to the north, the outer elevation of a linking corridor, and the side elevation of the rear block. The flanking wings have three windows to each floor at their side elevations, with the central window wider than the others. Linking corridors are glazed at first floor on each side and partially glazed to ground floor; the eastern corridor is abutted by the large flat-roofed extension.

The rear block is symmetrical and faces south. Each floor is divided into four sets of three windows arranged about two full-height vertical concrete surrounds framing glazed stairwell windows. Upper and half-landing windows are divided by a frieze with triglyph detail. The ground floor contains two small toilet windows set in a concrete panel and surmounted by a plain concrete canopy on scrolled brackets. Side elevations are each abutted by a flat-roofed projecting porch and have a single window at the north side of first floor. The east porch retains its original form with double-leaf timber doors set in cast-concrete surround with affixed lettering reading 'BOYS'. The west porch has been extended by a linking corridor to the 1960s extension. The north elevation overlooks the courtyard and is abutted by linking corridors and the single-storey central block, with access to open courtyard areas via double-leaf timber panelled doors. The exposed section of first floor is lit by equally spaced windows, and the central block is lit by a continuous row of metal-framed windows to each side.

The building is set parallel to the road and fronted by a tarmac parking area bounded by painted steel railings on brick piers and plinth wall. A tarmac playground lies to the south.