Survey Data
Reg No
13002496
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Technical
Original Use
Steps
In Use As
Steps
Date
1860 - 1880
Coordinates
213225, 275706
Date Recorded
11/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Flight of limestone steps, erected c. 1865. Rectangular slabs of dressed limestone with tooling to risers, laid side by side to create steps. Set in coursed limestone wall, with tarmacadamed pavement leading from top step. Forms part of access to St. John's Church of Ireland church (13002006). Located to the east end of Church Street to the northeast end of Longford Town.
Appraisal
Interesting example of nineteenth century stonemasonry, which exhibits a high level of craftsmanship. Street features such as this are increasingly vulnerable to damage or replacement. Their good condition would challenge their replacement, as would the positive contribution they make to the variety of the streetscape. This flight of steps was probably erected at the same time as the ashlar limestone boundary wall and cast-iron railings were added to the front of St. John’s Church of Ireland church, possibly in 1864 (see 13002006).