The Logic Cafe, The Old School, Main Street, Moira, County Down, BT67 0LQ

A symmetrical single-storey three-bay former school dated 1908 built to the designs of William Wright Larmor. Rectangular plan form with a single-storey return to the rear. Located at the crest of Main Street, opposite the Moira Police Station. Hipped natural slate roof (replaced c.2000) with crested terracotta ridge tiles and finials; timber fascia and barge boards; replacement extruded metal cyma-recta moulded guttering and box-section downpipes. Chimneys removed. Red brick Flemish bond walling to the upper portion with random basalt lower portion separated by an enlarged concrete string course; engineering brick projected plinth course. Replacement single-glazed timber framed casement windows with individual top-hung light and decorative granite lintels. Double-leaf timber door with flush sheeted central panel; bronze ironmongery; decorative moulded lintel. The principal elevation faces south and is symmetrically arranged comprising a central gabled projected porch, flanked by two gabled projected bays. The central porch bay comprises the front door centrally located on the front with a marble plaque with granite consoles and diminutive chinoiserie canopy; inscription reads, “MOIRA PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ERECTED 1908”. Single windows located on the east and west cheek. To either side of the porch is a single bi-partite window. The projecting gabled bays to either side each have a pair of tall bi-partite windows centrally located. The left elevation is symmetrically arranged comprising a pair of centrally located bi-partite windows. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged comprising an asymmetrically central projected gable bay flanked by two gabled bays. The central bay comprises a rear door located right of centre with a single window to the right and two modern windows with concrete lintels, replacing a former matching door to the left. The west cheek has a single modern window located to the far left with matching concrete lintel. The eaves level of the east cheek is significantly lower than the rest of the building, just above the enlarged string course. The right gable bay comprises a single double-leaf door to the right. The left gable bay comprises a pair of bi-partite windows, matching the front elevation. The right elevation matches the left. Setting: The building sits isolated at the crest of hill on a slightly elevated site overlooking the Main Street. Grass area to the front with a tarmac path accessing the front door from the street. Tarmac path around the building with car parking area to the rear. The site is bounded to the south and east by a low-rise basalt rubble wall with concrete coping surmounted with decorative iron railings and matching gates and piers. Paladin fences to the rear adjoining the building enclosing a small yard and free-standing cabin. Modern houses adjacent to the rear and west elevation. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: Red-brick/basalt Windows: Timber casement RWG: Extruded metal