Old National School

This is an early 19th century National School building, constructed of rubble masonry, largely rendered, with dressed limestone dressings. It comprises a central storeyed block, which originally served as accommodation for the school masters and offices, with a wide arched entrance to the front, flanked by single-storey classroom wings that project forward. The building is topped with modern, shallow hipped slate roofs, featuring advanced eaves and verges with stepped limestone detailing, and rectangular brick stacks along the lateral walls of the central block. Modern hardwood replacement doors and windows are in place, designed to imitate the style of original casements, all set within dressed limestone surrounds and frames. A stone staircase leads to the central entrance, which features a wide limestone archway with a shallow cambered head, and simple railed gates. An open porch lies beyond the archway, with doorways leading to each of the three blocks; the doors are panelled with chamfered angles. The central doorway is flanked by narrow two-pane windows within a dressed limestone surround. The first floor of the central block projects slightly over the entrance, showcasing exposed rubble masonry with dressed limestone surrounds to the paired windows above. A centrally placed inscribed plaque above the arch reads "AMLWCH / NATIONAL SCHOOL”. The advanced classroom wings have rendered elevations over dressed limestone plinths, with three windows within a dressed limestone frame on each facing elevation. An incised plaque above the windows of the left (west) wing reads "BOYS' SCHOOL,” while "GIRLS' SCHOOL" is inscribed on the right (east) wing. The east return has a four-window range, while the west return has a single window to the rear and a lean-to porch to the front with a doorway offset to the south. The rear of the building features irregularly spaced modern windows and doorways; the left (west) wing has double-glazed doors to the west, and the central block has ground floor windows and a first-floor fire escape doorway.

The interior has been modernised but generally retains the original ground plan, with internal access available between all three blocks. The left (west) wing and the central block are now subdivided, and the central block’s layout may follow the original masters' quarters. The classroom wings retain their original roof structure, with partially exposed roof beams showing the lower portions of king post roof construction, featuring angled braces on either side of the king post. Each wing has four roof bays, with end bays utilizing T-beams. The upper parts of the roof trusses are concealed by tongue and grooved ceilings.