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Coláiste Sailíseach — Pallaskenry

country house, church/chapel
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Coláiste Sailíseach — Pallaskenry
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Detached multiple-bay L-plan country house, built c. 1810, now in use as college. Comprising four-bay two-storey front (north) block with central full-height porch and eight-bay two-storey block to east having full-height canted bay windows to end bays and central two-bay breakfront. Recent extensions and college buildings adjoining west elevation. Chapel dating to 1937 to south-west of main block, comprising seven-bay double-height nave having single-storey side-aisles and single-bay chancel, single-storey sacristy to east elevation. Gabled single-storey porch to west elevation approached by render steps to south, east and west elevations. Hipped slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods, red brick and rendered chimneystacks, overhanging eaves having timber eaves bracket, and render eaves course to front. Pitched slate roof to chapel with cast-iron rainwater goods, render eaves course and render finial, having central chimneystack to rear. Roughcast rendered walls with render quoins and plinth course and tooled limestone sill course dividing stories. Roughcast rendered walls to chapel, with render plinth course, quoins, and cornice. Render cross detail to upper gable to front of chapel and render pilasters throughout. Inscribed limestone plaque to front of chapel. Square-headed openings throughout main building, having render surrounds, limestone sills and two-over-two pane and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to extension with limestone sills and uPVC and timber framed windows. Round-headed openings to front of chapel having render surrounds, chamfered sills and stained glass windows. Round-headed opening to south of porch to chapel with render surround and coloured glass windows. Round-headed, round based openings to south elevation having render surrounds and coloured glass windows. Round-headed openings to clerestory and to north and east elevations having render surrounds and coloured glass windows. Round-headed opening to front of main block having moulded render doorcase incorporating flanking render pilasters with decorative capitals supporting roll moulded arch, cable roll moulded surround within with double-leaf timber panelled door and fanlight, with limestone threshold. Round-headed opening to west elevation of extension with recessed square-headed opening having timber panelled half-glazed door and fanlight. Square-headed opening to south of porch to west elevation with double-leaf half-glazed timber panelled door and overlight with render step to entrance. Round-headed opening to chapel porch having render surround incorporating chevron motif, double-leaf timber battened door, limestone step and set of render steps to entrance. Square-headed opening to north elevation of chapel with render surround and half-glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed opening to north elevation of porch having render surround and double-leaf timber panelled door. Limestone step to entrance. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to south of house having pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods, terracotta ridge tiles, rendered eaves course, and vents. Roughcast rendered walls. Segmental-headed openings and square-headed openings having concrete sills and timber fittings. Recent lean-to to rear (north) elevation, with square-headed opening to west elevation. Five-bay single-storey outbuilding with pitched corrugated-iron roof having rendered copings and timber eaves course. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings. Iron sliding doors to north and west elevations. Openings with concrete sills and timber fittings to north elevation. Stone gable and floor remaining of further outbuilding, with render to part of gable wall, oculus opening having red brick voussoirs. Pair of square-profile cut limestone piers with cut limestone caps and plinths flanking double-leaf metal gate to south of buildings, adjoining cut limestone sweep walls terminating in second pair of square-profile piers.

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