Larne College of Further Education, 32-34 Pound Street, Larne, Co Antrim, BT40 1SD is a listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Larne College of Further Education, 32-34 Pound Street, Larne, Co Antrim, BT40 1SD
- WRENN ID
- muted-frieze-frost
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Constituency
- East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- D 397 027
- Coordinates
- 54.85278, -5.82491
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
Larne College of Further Education, located at 32-34 Pound Street, Larne, is a large building constructed between 1957 and 1959 and designed by John Scott, ARIBA, who served as Education Architect to Antrim County Education Committee. It was built for Antrim County Education Committee as Larne Technical College and was officially opened on 11 November 1959 by the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, the Right Hon. Viscount Brookeborough.
The building is an example of the International Modern style. It is primarily constructed of rustic brick with concrete surrounds to the windows. A recessed ground-floor colonnade features circular concrete piers, and the entrance front incorporates brightly coloured mosaic tiling. The building is arranged in three units: a three-storey general classroom block, a four-storey engineering and science block, and a section for communal facilities.
The forecourt is paved with concrete slabs and includes an abstract geometrical tile panel in yellow, red, and black, along with three concrete planter boxes with angled sides. A panel of geometrically patterned tiling, in grey, black, red, green, white, and blue, is located to the left of the main entrance, with a similar geometrical pattern in terrazzo to the front steps. A heraldic panel in Portland stone, dated 1959, is positioned above the main entrance. The entrance doors are framed with geometrically patterned hardwood over glazing.
The building stands within its own well-maintained grounds within the built-up area of the town, with its entrance front facing a main road.
References include the Irish Builder and Engineer (9 March 1957) and the Belfast News-Letter (12 November 1959).
Local climate
Larne College of Further Education, 32-34 Pound Street, Larne, Co Antrim, BT40 1SD sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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