1814 – Royal Academical Institution, Belfast, Co. Antrim
The Institution was founded by the public subscription of the citizens of Belfast in the early years of the nineteenth century.
The Institution was founded by the public subscription of the citizens of Belfast in the early years of the nineteenth century.
Adjacent to the Church of Ireland, and now used as a community centre, this little school opens out on to the main street of the village as well as the forecourt of the church.
The Palladian formula of a large central block with lower links and wings used here for a endowed school building funded by Laurence Gilson.
An early description of the church and school which opened in 1826: ‘St. Peter’s chapel stands at the divergence of the New Cabra Avenue,
Eccentric design with unusual tower, with Tudor Revival touches for a catholic school. The Old School closed in 1980 and has been used by different community groups since.
Small classical pavilion built between the two more substantial buildings of the Department of Education –
Founded in 1841 by Frances Teresa Ball (1794-1861), a native of Dublin. Her first foundation was at Rathfarnham and was called Loreto Abbey,
Selected after an architectural competition, Atkins’s designs for the former Leamy School are in a Tudor Revival style with a central crenellated tower.
A school for the education of the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, designed by Charles Lanyon in an Elizabethan style.
Erected as an Agricultural Training School with suitable offices and a 48 acre farm attached. Intended as a training school where eight pupils boarded and were taught both the theory and practice of modern and scientific methods of farming.