Survey Data
Reg No
15400807
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Presbytery/parochial/curate's house
In Use As
Presbytery/parochial/curate's house
Date
1880 - 1900
Coordinates
251868, 266895
Date Recorded
11/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey parochial house, built c.1900, with projecting flat-roofed single-bay entrance porch to the centre of the west elevation having moulded cornice over. Hipped slate roof having moulded brick eaves cornice, cast-iron rainwater goods and brick chimneystacks. Rendered walls over projecting plinth with rock-faced limestone quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings having cut stone sills and replacement windows. Three grouped narrow square-headed window openings to centre bay on first floor to west elevation, above entrance porch. Square-headed window openings to the porch separated by rendered pilasters. Square-headed doorcase to the south face of porch having replacement door having a canopy and plain overlight over. Located to the east of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church (15400802) and to the west of Collinstown. Main entrance gates to the southwest having rendered gate piers and iron gates.
Appraisal
A well-proportioned middle-sized parochial house, having a robust character, which retains its early form. Distinctive features ranging from the good detailing to the rather dominant entrance porch, the rock-faced quoins to the corners and the three group window openings to the centre of the first floor all serve to enhance the architectural design value of the composition. However, the external expression of this composition has been compromised by the insertion of inappropriate replacement fittings to the openings. The form and scale of this building is very typical of the many parochial houses built in Ireland between c.1880 and c.1900, suggesting that this example was built at this time. Indeed, this structure may have been built at the same time works were carried out to the adjacent church (15400802). This parochial house forms an interesting pair of associated structures with St. Mary’s church and makes a positive contribution to the architectural heritage of Collinstown. The appealing iron entrance gate to the southwest completes the setting of this appealing composition.