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Boland's Lock Keeper's House, County Offaly
14917019
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Reg. No.14917019
Date1790 - 1820
Previous NameN/A
TownlandCAPPANCUR
CountyCounty Offaly
Coordinates235658, 225612
Categories of Special InterestARCHITECTURAL
RatingRegional
Original Uselock keeper's house
 
Description
Oval-shaped four-bay two-storey lock keeper's house, built c.1800, with a projecting bow to the front and rear. Located at the 26th lock on the Grand Canal. Pitched slate conical shaped roof with roughcast render to walls. Square-headed window opening with stone sills, rendered stone surround and tooled limestone hoodmoulding and timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening to porch in projecting castellated bow. Tooled limestone hoodmoulding with rendered stone surround, timber panelled door with tooled stone threshold. Flanking cast-iron wall lanterns to door.

Appraisal

Boland's lock keeper's house was built by Michael Hayes. It is an important part of the architectural landscape of the Grand Canal. It is unusual in being an oval-shaped building with projecting bows.
 
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