Greenisland Primary School, Upper Station Road, Greenisland, Carrickfergus, Co.Antrim, BT38 8RA

Greenisland Primary School is a detached, multi-bay, single-storey modern brick primary school built in 1938, situated on the east side of Upper Station Road in Greenisland. The building was constructed to an irregular plan form and underwent two significant extensions: in 1957 a classroom wing, assembly hall and meals kitchen were added to the north, and in 1960 a further classroom wing was added to the south.

The roofs are predominantly flat with felted surfaces, with the exception of the assembly hall which has a hipped natural slate roof with blue and black clay ridge tiles. Gutters are concealed behind brick parapet walls, with projecting concrete eaves courses. The rainwater goods comprise cast-iron rainwater goods and hoppers, with some later replacement cast-metal fittings.

The external walls are constructed in stretcher bond red brick throughout. Windows are largely original metal casement, with some replacement uPVC units. Some windows are contained within continuous concrete dressings, while others are set in brick surrounds with voussoirs and projecting masonry cills.

The west elevation facing Upper Station Road features a skewed entrance block built circa 1938, with a central entrance comprising replacement timber doors surmounted by a cantilevered timber flat-roof canopy. The entrance is flanked by four windows on each side. A similarly detailed linking block with four windows connects this entrance block to the assembly hall to the north. The entrance block encloses an external courtyard at its centre with two covered open walkways. These walkways have timber-sheeted ceilings supported on brick piers and brick plinth walling with concrete coping. The area between the walkways has a felted surface which forms the roof of basement boiler house accommodation. An enclosed staff accommodation block was built circa 2000 at the east side of the courtyard.

The south elevation contains four double-height multi-pane metal casement windows with a continuous concrete cill course, surmounted by uPVC sheeting below projecting timber eaves.

The double-height assembly hall, built in 1957, is detailed similarly to the entrance block with its hipped natural slate roof and red-brick parapet with concealed gutters. The west elevation contains four double-height multi-pane timber casement windows set within continuous concrete surrounds, flanked by double-leaf timber doors in painted deep concrete reveals. Both doors are surmounted by a square single-pane window within a concrete surround. The north elevation is abutted by a single-storey 1957 extension with flat roof, with an exposed blank section. The rear elevation is abutted by a series of single-storey extensions containing ancillary accommodation, whilst the south elevation is abutted by a single-storey linking block connecting it to the entrance block.

The south (1960) and north (1957) classroom blocks are aligned east-west and share similar detailing to the west entrance block, with felted flat roofs, concealed rainwater goods and overhanging timber eaves boards. Both contain double-height multi-pane windows within precast concrete surrounds and cills. The south block's south elevation contains fifteen windows, whilst the north block's south elevation contains fourteen windows. Each block is abutted at its north side by a slightly lower later extension containing ancillary accommodation.