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Abbey House in Athy

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Abbey House in Athy
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Originally house; recorded by the architectural inventory as apartment/flat (converted)
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Detached Georgian six-bay two-storey mansion, c. 1750, reoriented c. 1800 with full-height west front bow and round-arched doorcase. Divided into two dwellings and enlarged c. 1875, with east section in flats. Mature grounds surrounding, with rubble stone walls, cast-iron gates and piers. Flanking sections of railings on granite coping and rubble wall. Original curved recessed entrance with roughcast castellated walls.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11505117

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Eeno11, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Andrewmc, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Mgtmquinn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Eeno11, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
  • Shackleton Experience Athy; photographer not stated, Shackleton Experience Athy
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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