presbytery/parochial/curate's house

Detached three-bay two-storey T-plan parochial house, built 1911, incorporating earlier fabric, having two-storey return to rear (north) elevation, with recent extensions to either side of return, flat-roofed porch to east end of front elevation, canted bay windows with hipped roofs to front elevation, and recent canted bay window with hipped roof to west elevation. Pitched slate roofs, with red brick chimneystacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls, with render quoins and render plinth course. Square-headed window openings throughout, having moulded render surrounds, with replacement uPVC sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to porch, having paned over-light and recent timber door. Recent square-headed replacement timber door to east elevation. Set back from road, with decorative wrought-iron pedestrian gate, flanked by matching railings on rendered plinth wall.

This building is a notable landmark on the roadside, the combination of lined-and-ruled render and moulded window dressings and quoins imitate the stonework of more prestigious buildings. These render details also enhance the formal proportions of the house, providing textural interest and at the same time highlighting the horizontal and vertical lines of the overall form. The facade is enlivened by the canted bay windows, which add weight the ground floor and balance the projecting porch. The third edition Ordnance Survey map indicates a house on the site called Bally Egish, which appears to have been substantially remodelled or perhaps demolished and rebuilt to create this presbytery, designed by John Joseph McDonnell. The bay windows and large window openings are typical of early twentieth-century houses, and create pleasing elevations. More recently, it has been extended to the west to provide a parish centre, and it remains of social significance in the locality.