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Courcey's Glebe

Rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house

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Detached five-bay two-storey former glebe house, built c.1860, with two-storey stairwell block to rear (north). Now in use as house. Pitched slate roof having rendered chimneystacks, eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with plinth. Square-headed window openings with render sills to front and rear elevations, having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Bipartite timber-framed window to rear elevation, having four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to front elevation having rendered surround and limestone steps, having timber panelled door with spoked fanlight. Recently renovated outbuildings and attached rubble stone boundary walls to rear. Rendered gate piers with wrought-iron gates to front. Set within own grounds.
This elegant classically proportioned former rectory features many historic features including timber sash windows and a fine slate roof. A slightly elevated ground floor gives an additional sense of grandeur. Its facade has changed little since its construction.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20912418

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  • Wikipedian231, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • David Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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