Grange O'Neiland School, 48 Annagora Road, Portadown, Craigavon, Co Armagh, BT62 4JE

Grange O'Neiland School stands as a single storey rendered building set in rural grounds near Portadown, County Armagh. The main structure faces west and comprises a five-bay central block with projecting gabled wings at each end, all roofed in Bangor blue slates in regular courses with oversailing eaves.

The west elevation displays the building's principal architectural character. The central block is surmounted by two sets of paired octagonal chimneys in cut stone, painted, and two louvred ventilators on the ridge. The rendered walls have painted cut stone quoins to the extremities of the wing gables. Decorative bargeboards and eaves boards enhance the composition. Windows to the central block are coupled rectangular metal lozenge glazed side-hung casements with top-hung fixed light and horizontally pivoting opening light, set within timber frames, transoms and mullions. These are positioned in chamfered reveals with projecting stone cills, surmounted by moulded rectangular labels. Cast iron gutters and downpipes complete the rainwater system.

The main entrance comprises a pair of tongued and grooved sheeted timber doors set in chamfered reveals with rectangular label moulding. An open porch projects in front, comprising a pair of cut stone pillars with pilaster responds; the openings between these elements were later closed by rendered infill side walls. The porch features a moulded frieze and triangular pediment, with a cement screed doorstep. The right-hand projecting wing has a large modern rectangular timber three-light window with horizontal panel division in its front gable; its left-hand wall contains a doorway matching the main entrance format but without porch. The left-hand projecting wing's front gable contains a canted bay window set in a segmental arched recess, with timber frames to fixed light windows, projecting cills, and panelled stone plinth walls below.

The north elevation repeats the roofing and walling materials. It contains two windows to the left of a projecting gabled porch and one window to the right, all later modern rectangular timber fixed lights with top-hung vents in plain reveals with moulded labels. The porch gable houses a modern rectangular glazed timber door in plain reveals with moulded label; the apex of the gable contains a small circular window with cusped trefoil tracery.

The south elevation features one short square smooth rendered chimney with octagonal stoneware pot at the right-hand end of the main roof. Two windows to the left of a gabled projecting bay are metal lozenge glazed in timber frames as previously described but set in plain reveals without label mouldings. One main window to the right of the gabled projection has modern replacement single-pane lower lights. An extension to the right has lower roofing with smaller slates and plain timber eaves board. The rainwater system comprises PVC gutters and downpipes with some cast iron downpipes retained.

The rear elevation of the main block has roughcast rendered walls and slated roof with timber eaves board with wooden panelled soffit. Four large window openings originally exist: two contain metal fixed lights and pivoting lights, one is now blocked with smooth render, and one is partially blocked with cement containing a modern PVC window with fixed light, top-hung vent and casement. Concrete cills finish the windows. One doorway contains a modern flush timber door. The south wing's main block projects forward with slated roof, PVC gutter, and timber eaves and barge boards with decorative scalloping; walls are smooth cement rendered, lined and blocked. A gabled extension to the south wing projects further forward with plain timber eaves and barge boards and PVC rainwater goods. The north wing projects forward at the right-hand end and rises to one and a half storeys. It has a slated roof with modern flush rooflight and gable with original ornamental bargeboards. The side wall has plain timber eaves board. Walls are rendered roughcast with cast iron gutter and downpipes. One chimney on the gable is smooth rendered. The ground floor gable window is a modern rectangular PVC unit with concrete cill; two windows to the attic are semi-circular arched timber fixed lights with stone cills. The side wall contains one modern rectangular PVC window and one modern rectangular glazed timber doorway.

The building stands on rising ground well back from the public road within its own grounds, shared with an adjacent church. The site is bounded by hedges and wooden fences with grassed areas to north and south, and an adjoining field to the east. A church stands to the north with a tarmac area immediately in front of the school. An enclosed yard lies immediately to the rear, accessed by a gateway containing a pair of iron framed corrugated iron gates mounted on a rendered pilaster-pier attached to the school and a painted stone square pier.

Along the east side of the yard stands a single storey outbuilding, a water tower, and toilets. The outbuilding has a hipped slated roof with walls of rubble stonework with red brick dressings to openings. From left to right, the openings comprise a segmental archway containing a recessed brick dressed rectangular doorway; a rectangular flat-arched doorway now closed with concrete blockwork; and a segmental archway containing a pair of timber boarded doors with iron framing. The water tower is of red brick on a square plan, partly rising from rubble stone and rendered walls, with a flat arched doorway in its base and flat arched openings at higher level containing timber louvers. It is topped by a steep pyramidal slated roof with turned timber finial, oversailing the walls. To the south of the water tower are rendered screen walls to small toilets in semi-derelict condition. The rear yard is surfaced in concrete paving with boundary walling of rubble stonework, partly rendered.