Old School House And School, Clappers

This property comprises a complex of buildings including a former school house, school, and ancillary structure, dating back to the early 19th century, with possible earlier fabric incorporated. Later additions and alterations were made, including an extension in 1909.

The Old School House is a rectangular building with a full-height wing at the rear, creating an L-shaped plan. It is constructed of heavily-pointed sandstone rubble, with dressings of droved and stugged sandstone, and a harled side elevation. The southwest (entrance) elevation features a timber panelled door with a 2-pane fanlight, flanked by single windows at ground level. Single windows are present in all bays at the first floor. The southeast side elevation has a principal gable end with a window at ground level, and a recessed full-height wing with a first-floor window offset to the left, along with a glazed addition projecting at ground level. The rear (northeast) elevation is largely blank, except for the projecting, 3-bay wing with single windows at ground level and first floor, and a glazed addition in the re-entrant angle. Modern windows are throughout, and the building is topped with a grey slate roof, stone-coped skews, and brick-built apex stacks with circular cans. The interior was not inspected in 1999.

Adjoining the Old School House is the former school building, which is near T-plan in shape, with a gabled porch in the front re-entrant angle. Its southwest (entrance) elevation presents a 3-bay gable end with a large window at the centre and smaller windows in the flanking bays, featuring lintels inscribed "Mordington Public School 1909". A single window is present in a single-storey, gabled projection at the centre, and a part-glazed boarded timber door is located in the return to the right. A bipartite window is recessed to the right. The northwest side elevation is blind, while the rear (northeast) elevation has a projecting 3-bay gable end with a large window at the centre and smaller flanking windows. A 2-bay range is recessed to the left, with a gabled dormerhead breaking the eaves over a large window to the right and a boarded timber door at ground level to the left. The windows are predominantly timber sash and case with 4-pane lower sashes and 6-pane upper sashes. The roof is grey slate with stone-coped skews and beak skewputts. The interior of the school was not inspected in 1999.

A single-storey, mono-pitched ancillary block is located to the rear of the former school, with later additions. It is constructed of rubble with tooled sandstone dressings and has a modern roof. Its interior was not inspected in 1999.

Corniced, square-plan gatepiers flank the vehicular entrance to the Old School House, with modern timber gates. Rubble boundary walls partially enclose the site.