Randalstown Central Primary School, 4 Church Road, Randalstown, Antrim, Co Antrim, BT41 3AJ

Randalstown Central Primary School is a one and two-storey school building of rustic brick in modern style, dating to 1936. It is laid out with symmetrical elevations to front and rear, with twin entrances positioned to the sides. The main elevation faces north.

The single-storey block at the front is flat roofed, while the two-storey block to the rear has a hipped roof. The single-storey front walls are of rustic brick with soldier courses to top and bottom and a projecting brick plinth to the base, finished with concrete coping to the parapet. At each extremity of the main front are projecting triple concrete fin-like flagpole brackets to the corners.

Windows to the main front are large rectangular metal-framed units with horizontal pane divisions, featuring fixed lights with horizontally pivoted top panes and projecting concrete cills and lintels. The central recess on the main front contains a doorway, glazed as windows but now closed off inside, set between projecting brick nibs with stepped artificial stone dressings to the base. The parapet above is inscribed 'Randalstown Central Schools 1936'. Cast iron downpipes with original hoppers dated 1936 serve the main elevation. Windows to the side elevations are small rectangular metal units, horizontally pivoted.

The side entrances are set in entrance bays of artificial stone, each with two curved concrete steps to the base and a curved flat concrete hood above, with horizontal grooves to the fascia. Rectangular timber double doors, glazed and panelled with a horizontal glazing bar, are recessed between curved jambs. A trace of the former inscription 'Boys Entrance' is visible on the doorhead of the east elevation, while most of the metal characters inscribing 'Girls Entrance' on the doorhead of the west elevation remain in place. Plain rectangular cast iron downpipes with plain hoppers serve the side elevations.

The two-storey rear block has a hipped roof of natural slates in regular courses and two symmetrically placed chimneys of square section in rustic brick with raised rectangular panels on each face. Large windows to the rear elevation match those on the main front. Twin recessed stair bays contain precast concrete panels with restrained Art Deco details and are topped by projecting semi-circular canopies with iron railings. Rectangular timber doorways are positioned below each canopy. Some grey and white chequerwork cobblestones set in the ground in front of the curved steps to the rear doorways appear to be a post-war addition.

The school stands facing the main road, set back from it within its own grounds near the edge of the town. A concrete path runs around the perimeter of the building, with a low rustic brick retaining wall to the front elevation. A tarmac car park lies in front of the school with a lawn at the front boundary. The front boundary is formed by a rustic brick wall with concrete copings surmounted by plain iron railings. A recessed gateway features curved screen walls and railings, with gate piers and boundary wall piers of square-section rustic brick with raised rectangular brick panels on each face and shallow pitched concrete caps. The double gates are in ironwork of restrained Art Deco design. To the east of the front plot is a lean-to bicycle shelter and store in rustic brick with a slated roof, with part of the wall finished in smooth cement render. A series of conjoined new school buildings, stepped down the slope and mainly of painted render, extends to the east of the original school, with a tall prominent metal boiler chimney adjacent to the east end of the rear block of the original building.