The Model Primary School, Castlecoole Road, Enniskillen, BT74 6HZ

A one and two storey school of asymmetrical layout, designed in a modern style, with exterior surfaces of board-marked concrete, and aluminium patent glazing, all surmounted by glazed steel framed roofs which rise to a lantern light. The footprint is roughly square; internal planning is based on a diagonal (45 deg.) grid. To the western side there is a part single part two-storey irregularly shaped wing. The building is set diagonally across the face of a slope with the result that the north and west faces rest on the upper level and are therefore single-storey while the south and east faces rest on the lower ground and are two-storied. Classrooms are individually expressed on three of the facades; the administration area, the main entrance and the kitchen suite sit on the fourth (west) side. Classrooms on the (two-storey) south and west facades are planned on the 450 grid, the projecting corner is then ‘trimmed’ to the line of the façade creating a canted bay face to each in the process. These are reserved for the more senior pupils. Classrooms to the (single-storey) east façade have a ‘half-canted’ bay front; doors to the bay allow direct access to the adjoining play area. These are reserved for the junior pupils. The north façade is complex and irregular. The main entrance is set to the right of centre; to the left of this is the exterior of the kitchen, the wash-up and medical inspection areas; much of this side is without windows. To the right of the entrance are the general office, the head master’s office and the staff rooms. Though the plan adheres strictly to the diagonal grid, the composition of these areas appears somewhat random. The paired entrance doors are timber sheeted with vision panels. The classroom facades are articulated with canted bays; these are tied together with continuous board-marked concrete panels at the level of the fascia and between the ground and first floor windows. Stall risers to the bays are formed in matching board-marked concrete. Bays have aluminium patent glazing to two faces and diagonal timber boarding to the third; on ground floor an external door is set on this face. Sills are formed in aluminium sheeting. External concrete fire-escape stairs are located on the south eastern and south western corners; these are mainly obscured from view by various concrete panels. That to the south western corner is articulated with landings and walkways that are separately expressed. The base of each stair is blocked with metal roller shutter doors. Guard rails are brightly painted metal tubing. With the exception of the sweeping lantern structure, the roofs are flat; these are covered with Nuralite.