77 Bolea Road, Bolea, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 OQT is a Grade B2 listed building in the Causeway Coast and Glens local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 13 March 2002.

77 Bolea Road, Bolea, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 OQT

WRENN ID
shifting-span-poplar
Grade
B2
Local Planning Authority
Causeway Coast and Glens
Country
Northern Ireland
Date first listed
13 March 2002
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

This is a late 18th-century, rustic-style school building, now a dwelling house. Originally a small, single-classroom school, it was initially thatched and later supported by the Kildare Street Society. The building is situated in Mullane, near Bolea, and is set into the hillside with its gable facing the road. It is a two-room cottage that steps down from Bolea Road.

The upper room has a slate roof with a chimney on each gable. The lower room originally had a thatched roof, which has since been replaced with corrugated metal, stepping down to a third room. A barn is also covered by corrugated metal. A small, shed-like structure (described as "Curly River") extends a room and a half width further down the hill. The main facade faces southwest onto a yard containing corrugated metal outbuildings. The northwest gable faces Bolea Road. Two strap iron gates provide access between the road and the yard. The southwest elevation of the upper room features a single metal window, while the lower room has a four-pane timber sash window and a sheeted timber entrance door. A separate door leads to the barn. A small lean-to structure abuts the barn on the southeast gable; this has no windows. The northeast elevation, facing Bolea, has two metal windows in the upper room, a sheeted door for the lower room, and a four-pane sash window. The barn has no windows. A shallow ditch (sheugh) runs parallel to the building wall, approximately one meter from the structure.

The upper room functioned as a schoolhouse. The door leading to the yard may be a later addition. The building is documented in the Ordnance Survey Memoirs, dated 1775, as having been constructed at a cost of 10 pounds, largely through the labour of local inhabitants. It was originally 27.5 feet long by 13 feet wide, with side walls 5 feet high. From 1818 onwards, the Kildare Street Society provided financial assistance for repairs, school furnishings, and the schoolmaster's salary (between 1825 and 1832). The school is no longer affiliated with any society, and the schoolmaster’s income now comes solely from the parents of the children – approximately eight pounds per annum. In the 1830s, the school served 32 children: two from the established church, 27 Presbyterians, and three Roman Catholics, with 24 boys and eight girls. It was, and is popularly called, the Killbready school and is situated on the southern boundary of Killbready. The listing includes the house and the gates.

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