house

End-of-terrace four-bay two-storey over basement with attic house, built 1712. Rectangular-plan. Pitched artificial slate roof, red brick chimneystack on north elevation, clay ridge tiles, stone verge coping to west gable, moulded cast-iron gutter on corbelled eaves course, circular cast-iron downpipe. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walling, red brick laid in Flemish bond to north. Square-headed window openings, painted smooth rendered reveals and soffits, painted stone sills, painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows to ground floor, three-over-three sliding sash windows to first floor, fixed metal inward-opening casements to basement, painted timber casement to attic, north elevation. Square-headed door opening, painted smooth rendered reveals and soffit, painted timber door with six raised-and-fielded panels, intersecting traceried overlight. Tooled limestone steps give access to entrance. House built as part of a complex, fronting onto courtyard.

This house was built by the Church of Ireland for the use by widows of clergymen, it was built as part of a complex of sixteen, almost identical, structures to the east of the church. The structure has been well maintained over the years and hardly altered, the retention of so much of its original materials and features contribute greatly to the overall character of the building, which undoubtedly plays a positive and important role in the architectural heritage of Drogheda and County Louth.