Drumramer School, Terrydoo Road, Limavady, Co Londonderry is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Causeway Coast and Glens local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.

Drumramer School, Terrydoo Road, Limavady, Co Londonderry

WRENN ID
dusk-ledge-thyme
Grade
Record Only
Local Planning Authority
Causeway Coast and Glens
Constituency
East Londonderry MP: Mr Gregory Campbell (DUP)
Country
Northern Ireland
Irish grid reference
C 735 225
Coordinates
55.04527, -6.85022
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

The Drumramer School is a single-room building dating from circa 1820 to 1839. It is located on Terrydoo Road, Limavady, County Londonderry, within the townland of Drumramer. The building has a gable facing the road, with a centrally positioned entrance door. There are three windows in each of the long walls, each featuring high cills and six panes. It has a slated roof with large slates and a chimney at each gable. The walls are smooth, rendered, and painted.

A later extension, likely added after the building was taken over by the Western Education and Library Board (WELB), was constructed at the south gable to provide a school meals servery. Subsequently, the original classroom was divided into two smaller rooms, probably also during the WELB's period of ownership. A temporary classroom is attached to the north side of the main building.

The school's design does not resemble those of National Schools and was likely built under the patronage of the Marquis of Waterford. It is thought that the Drumramer School replaced a school in the nearby townland of Ballycrum, which was established in 1832. The Ballycrum School was described as being 22 feet by 14 feet and built of stone and lime, differing in dimensions to the Drumramer School. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the school served Catholic children. The property has now reverted to the estate following the WELB's departure.

Local climate

Drumramer School, Terrydoo Road, Limavady, Co Londonderry sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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