Survey Data
Reg No
41308004
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Hall
In Use As
Hall
Date
1890 - 1895
Coordinates
282697, 320426
Date Recorded
02/10/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay single-storey hall, dated 1891, with gabled entrance porch to north-east façade and gabled extension to south-west elevation at rear of original hall structure linking it with four-bay late twentieth-century extension to south-west. Pitched fibre-cement tiled roof to both original main hall structure and lower entrance porch with ornate pierced timber bargeboards to both, and replacement metal gutters held on small rounded stone corbels at eaves, and cast-iron downpipes. Original hall building has ruled-and-lined smooth cement rendered walls with rusticated smooth render block-and-start quoins and two-centred arch window openings which have four-over-four pane timber sliding sash frames with convex horns and stone sills. Pointed window openings to the smooth cement rendered rear extension have replacement uPVC frames. Stone shield over main entrance doorway, with date. Two-centred arch doorway opening double-leaf timber-sheeted pointed doors with ornate iron hinges. Roughcast cement rendered front wall with heavy cast-iron gate held on octagonal roughcast rendered piers leading to sandstone steps up to main entrance doorway.
Appraisal
This is a good example of late Victorian Gothic architecture by the Castleblayney architect or engineer John Harvey which retains the appearance and character of its original construction. The restrained design is discretely punctuated with well executed decoration such as the main entrance door and timber bargeboards and contributes to the semi-urban appearance of the group of buildings associated with the nearby Presbyterian Church which mark the end of the town of Castleblayney on the Keady road heading north.