Survey Data
Reg No
11803119
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Previous Name
Royal College of Saint Patrick
Original Use
Outbuilding
In Use As
Outbuilding
Date
1850 - 1870
Coordinates
293401, 237375
Date Recorded
07/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey part double-pile rubble stone outbuilding, c.1860, with pair of pointed-arch integral carriageways and single-bay single-storey projecting parallel block to left (north-east). Gable-ended roofs (some double-pile (M-profile)) with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Cut-stone coping to gables. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Yellow brick surrounds. Now boarded-up. Pair of pointed-arch integral carriageways. Yellow brick dressings to carriageway to left with no fittings. Cut-stone chamfered reveal to carriageway to right with replacement iron sheeted double door, c.1980. Square-headed door opening to projecting block to left (north-east). Yellow brick surrounds. Timber boarded door. Set in grounds shared with Saint Patrick’s College in compartmentalised site having rubble stone boundary wall. Detached three-bay single-storey rubble stone building with attic, c.1860, possibly originally labourer’s cottage. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Brick chimney stack. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Brick dressings. Timber casement windows (possibly replacement). Square-headed door opening. Brick dressings. Timber boarded door.
Appraisal
This small group of buildings, possibly originally intended as a workshop with attendant labourer’s cottage, is an attractive feature in the grounds of Saint Patrick’s College. Of social and historical interest, the buildings represent a facet of the development and maintenance of the college in the mid nineteenth century. The buildings remain in fair condition and retain some important early or original features and materials, including timber boarded doors and slate roofs having cast-iron rainwater goods.