Survey Data

Reg No

13901001


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Social


Previous Name

Killanny Rectory originally Drumurvey Glebe


Original Use

Rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house


In Use As

House


Date

1760 - 1800


Coordinates

289261, 303273


Date Recorded

26/07/2005


Date Updated

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Description

Detached three-bay two-storey former rectory, built c. 1780, now private house. Gable-fronted entrance breakfront and three-bay two-storey wing to west. Hipped slate roof to main house, pitched slate roof to west, clay ridge tiles, red brick corbelled chimneystacks, cast-iron gutters on corbelled eaves course, cast-iron downpipes, stone verge coping to breakfront and gables of west wing. Painted roughcast rendered walling, smooth rendered plinth. Square- and segmental-headed window openings, smooth rendered reveals and soffits, stone sills, painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows to ground floor, six-over-three to first floor. Round-headed door opening, painted smooth rendered surround, painted timber door with eight raised-and-fielded panels, surmounted by spoked fanlight, accessed by flight of stone steps. Situated in extensive grounds; accessed through uncoursed rendered square-profile gate piers flanked by quadrant walls; random rubble, brick and rendered outbuildings to west; random rubble wall with soldier coping to east.

Appraisal

This fine former rectory stands in its own extensive grounds. The retention of original materials and features enliven the structure and some windows have exposed sash cases, an early architectural feature. The house, though large in scale, is unadorned and simple in its design, creating a pleasing symmetry.