Fanad Glebe — CARROWKEEL GLEBE

The saved account records: Detached three-bay two-storey over basement with attic level former Church of Ireland rectory on ‘L-shaped’ plan, built c. 1795, having six-bay two-storey return and service wing to north with integral segmental-headed carriage-arch.

The saved account records: Now in use as a house with accommodation to former service wing.

The saved account records: Pitched natural slate roof to main body of building having stone eaves course, stone ridge tiles, cast-iron rainwater goods, and with two stage smooth rendered chimneystacks to gable ends with stepped coping and decorative clayware pots over.

The saved account records: Ruinous single-storey outbuilding to west\north-west of site having remains of pitched natural slate roof, roughcast rendered rubble stone walls, square-headed window openings with brick reveals and remains of timber fittings, and segmental-headed carriage-arch

Fanad Glebe — CARROWKEEL GLEBE matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This well-proportioned and well-maintained former Church of Ireland rectory, of late eighteenth-century date, retains it early character and form. Its visual expression and integrity is enhanced by the retention of much of its early fabric including natural slate roof and timber sliding sash windows. The good-quality doorway with flanking timber pilasters with console brackets over provides an attractive central focus to the main elevation. This building is an example of the language of classical architecture stripped to its barest fundamental elements, which creates a fine dwelling in a subtle style. This is… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.