Glebe House — Tontines

The saved account records: End-of-terrace four-bay three-storey over basement house, built in 1812, having porch to front (west) elevation.

The saved account records: Pitched slate roof with overhanging eaves, timber brackets, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods.

The saved account records: Roughcast walls having render plinth course.

The saved account records: Cast-iron piers to south with double-leaf cast-iron gates and railings set in rubble limestone walls.

Glebe House — Tontines matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This house may originally have been two houses that were joined. According to Samuel Lewis's 'Topographical Dictionary', the Tontine terrace was built in 1812 by the late W. Gabbett, Esq., from a fund raised by subscription. An elegantly proportioned and substantial Georgian style house, which retains its original form and character, together with important salient features and materials. Set back slightly from the line of the road, this house which is part of a terrace, forms an attractive, sophisticated feature within the Castleconnell streetscape. The early surviving wrought-iron balcony and limestone… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.