Survey Data
Reg No
12000205
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Cultural, Social
Original Use
Handball alley
In Use As
Handball alley
Date
1920 - 1930
Coordinates
250757, 156184
Date Recorded
16/06/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Pair of freestanding mass-concrete handball alleys, c.1925. Unpainted mass-concrete walls incorporating section of random rubble stone wall to north-east forming part of boundary wall, and rendered rounded coping having iron posts with iron mesh panels. Set perpendicular to road.
Appraisal
A pair of handball alleys representing an element of the cultural nation-building of the early Irish Republic while forming part of the vernacular heritage of County Kilkenny on account of the status as a building type indigenous to Ireland. Positioned overlooking the River Nore the handball alleys form a distinctive feature of almost Brutalist quality in the townscape.