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rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house — GLEBE (Gorey By., Limerick ED)

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rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house — GLEBE (Gorey By., Limerick ED)
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Detached three-bay two-storey triple gable-fronted Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland glebe house, built 1819, on a cruciform plan originally three-bay two-storey on a T-shaped plan with single-bay full-height gabled projecting bays centred on single-bay full-height gabled breakfront; single-bay (single-bay deep) two-storey lower central return (north). Refronted, 1879, producing present composition. Sold, 1912. Vacant, 2007. Hipped slate roof on a cruciform plan including pitched (gabled) slate roofs centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (breakfront); hipped gabled slate roof (north), clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks centred on paired rendered chimney stacks having chamfered stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, moulded bargeboards, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered walls; limewashed lime rendered surface finish (north). Square-headed central door opening approached by flight of three steps with moulded surround framing glazed diagonal timber boarded double doors having overlight. Square-headed flanking window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing eight-over-eight timber sash windows having overlights. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing eight-over-eight timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framings six-over-six timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall with limestone flagged floor, timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with balusters supporting timber banister terminating in timber newel, and timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors; drawing room (south) on a T-shaped plan with timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled shutters, cut-black marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; dining room (north) with timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters, Classical-style chimneypiece, and picture railing below moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in landscaped grounds on a slightly elevated site with rendered panelled piers to perimeter having overgrown capping supporting wrought iron double gates.

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