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.