Survey Data
Reg No
14939010
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house
In Use As
House
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
214154, 197876
Date Recorded
08/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached L-plan five-bay two-storey glebe house, built c.1800, with pedimented breakfront to entrance bay and return and extensions to rear. Now in use as a private dwelling. Set within its own grounds near the Aghancon Church. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with replacement timber casement windows and tooled limestone sills. Segmental-headed door opening set within recessed rendered surround with spoked timber fanlight and timber panelled door. Door accessed by limestone steps. Two-storey outbuilding with pitched slate roof to partially cobbled yard to west of house. Front site enclosed by random coursed wall.
Appraisal
Located on an elevated site with views across the valley to Leap Castle, this glebe house retains many original features which contribute to its character. The local school, Aghancon Church (see 14939011) and this glebe house were built in close proximity and played an important role within the local community. The following information was recorded in Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland of 1837: 'The glebe-house was built by the late incumbent, and has been much improved and enlarged at the expense of the Rev. R.M. Kennedy, the present incumbent. The glebe comprises 15 acres.'