Survey Data
Reg No
15302002
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house
In Use As
House
Date
1845 - 1850
Coordinates
245499, 270420
Date Recorded
07/07/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey over part raised basement Church of Ireland rectory, built 1847, on an L-shaped plan. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having corbelled stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered stepped eaves. Roughcast walls on cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on roughcast base with rendered quoins to corners. Camber-headed central door opening approached by flight of ten steps between wrought iron railings with moulded rendered surround framing timber panelled door having oversailing overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds with cut-limestone octagonal piers to perimeter having polygonal capping supporting wrought iron double gates.
Appraisal
A well-proportioned mid nineteenth-century rectory retaining its original form and much of its original fabric. The restrained doorcase at its centre and the polygonal bay window contribute to its architectural interest. An adjacent stable block contributes positively to its setting. The rectory, sometimes known as Saint Michael's Rectory, replaced an earlier glebe house described as 'a good comfortable building in Castle-Pollard' (Lewis 1837 II 499): its site is now occupied by the Bank of Ireland (see 15302031). The rectory has been occupied by a succession of incumbents of Rathgarve parish including Reverend Richard Smyth (1845-1927) and Reverend Anthony Drought (1858-1940).