Kilrue House — Drogheda Street

Detached four-bay two-storey former rectory, built 1882, retaining some original fenestration with two-bay two-storey projecting bay to left (south-west) having pointed-arch door opening to right ground floor, single-bay single-storey canted bay window to left ground floor, single-bay two-storey gabled advanced end bay to right (south), three-bay two-storey side elevation to north-west and two-bay two-storey side elevation to south-east having single-bay single-storey canted bay window to left ground floor. Renovated and extended, c.1990, comprising two-bay two-storey lower return to rear to north-east to accommodate private residential use. Hipped and gable-ended roofs with slate. Clay ridge tiles with sections of decorative ridge tiles. Profiled red brick chimney stacks (on moulded terracotta corbel to front (south-west) elevation). Cast-iron rainwater goods on profiled red brick eaves course. Yellow brick Flemish bond walls. Red brick dressings including quoins to corners, relieving arches to some openings, moulded stringcourse to first floor and profiled course to eaves. Yellow brick parapet walls to canted bay windows on moulded red brick stringcourses having red brick coping. Square-headed window openings (in pointed-arch red brick recessed panel to left first floor projecting bay having hood moulding over). Stone sills. Red brick block-and-start surrounds. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990, with some openings retaining original timber casement windows (having stained glass fittings to opening to ground floor). Pointed-arch door opening approached by flight of steps. Red brick surround with hood moulding over. Timber panelled double doors. Overlight. Set back from road in own landscaped grounds.