Survey Data
Reg No
12309007
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Kilkenny District Lunatic Asylum
Original Use
Outbuilding
In Use As
Outbuilding
Date
1845 - 1855
Coordinates
252027, 155564
Date Recorded
10/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Attached eight-bay single-storey red brick outbuilding with attic, c.1850, comprising three-bay single-storey gable-fronted block with attic having five-bay single-storey recessed lateral wing to right. Pitched slate roofs (gabled to main block) with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stack having carved cut-limestone stringcourse, cut-limestone coping to gables having square-profiled finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on red brick Running bond eaves. Red brick Running bond walls. Camber-headed window openings with cut-limestone chamfered flush sills, red brick surrounds having chamfered reveals, and fixed-pane timber windows having mullions incorporating casement overlights. Camber-headed door openings with red brick surrounds (including voussoirs) having chamfered reveals, and tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors having overpanels. Set back from road in grounds shared with Saint Canice's Hospital.
Appraisal
A pleasantly-composed middle-size utilitarian range making a distinct impression on the group and setting values of the Saint Canice's Hospital grounds particularly on account of the construction in brick, thereby introducing an element of colour in a site dominated by the forbidding quality of the hospital. Elegantly-profiled openings further enhance the architectural value of the composition while the retention of the original attributes, including most of the early fabric, maintains the positive contribution made to the character of the site.