Survey Data
Reg No
12301082
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Castlecomer Union Workhouse
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1850 - 1855
Coordinates
253107, 172306
Date Recorded
18/05/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Section of broken coursed squared rubble sandstone boundary wall, built 1853-4, incorporating segmental-headed carriageway with tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surround having tooled cut-limestone voussoirs (now blocked-up with red brick Common (fifth course headers) bond infill), and sections of stone cobbling to threshold. Road fronted to perimeter of site of Castlecomer District Hospital (Castlecomer Union Workhouse).
Appraisal
The remains of an extensive boundary wall exhibiting a traditional construction in sandstone while tooled dressings enhancing the architectural design value of the composition display high quality stone masonry. The wall remains of particular significance for the associations with the Castlecomer Union Workhouse complex having historically demarcated the curtilage of the compound.