'Moneyrea' National School, 44 Church Road, Moneyreagh, County Down, BT23 6BA

A symmetrical single-storey national school, re-built c.1840 on the site of an earlier church school; located east of Church Road in Moneyreagh Village. Rectangular plan with projecting porch to front and off-shot to rear. Hipped natural slate roof with blue/black angled ridge tiles and a rendered chimneystack having a single terracotta pot. Cast-iron half-round rainwater goods. Walling is roughcast render. Windows are round-headed replacement uPVC. The principal elevation faces west comprising central entrance porch opening to north and south, flanked by two windows to either side. West elevation of porch has a window and a masonry plaque with painted lettering reading “Moneyrea National School”. Round-headed door surround to north and south with pilasters, moulded frieze and infilled transom light with scotia moulded archivolt and carved lion head keyblock; timber sheeted door to south elevation; north elevation is infilled. The north gable is blank; abutted to far left by a small lean-to with timber-sheeted door opening to west. The east (rear) elevation has two windows to right; to left is the slated off-shot with timber casement window to east elevation and timber-sheeted door to north elevation. The south gable is blank; abutted at right by a small rendered extension which is attached to a rendered garage to south. Setting: Set north of the non-subscribing Presbyterian manse (HB25/02/006) and church (HB25/02/003) in the centre of Moneyreagh. Bounded to road to west by original wrought-iron railings and gates and a low roughcast rendered wall. Bounded to fields to rear by mature hedgerow. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Roughcast render Windows:uPVC replacements RWG: Cast-iron