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The Old Rectory or St. Catherine's — GLEBE (KILLYBEGS)

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The Old Rectory or St. Catherine's — GLEBE (KILLYBEGS)
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Detached three-bay two-storey former Church of Ireland rectory, built c.1830, having later single-bay single-storey entrance porch to the centre of the front elevation (north-east), and with two-storey return to the rear (south-west). Now in use as a private house. Possibly containing earlier fabric. Hipped slate roof having overhanging bracketed eaves (paired brackets) with cut stone eaves course, and having rendered chimneystacks. Pitched artificial slate roof to extension having projecting cut stone eaves course. Hipped roof to porch. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course. Chamfered cut stone plinth course to the south-east and the north-west gable ends. Square-headed window openings having rendered reveals, stone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Shallow bowed window to the south-east gable end at ground floor level having central nine-over-nine pane timber sliding sash window flanked to either side by six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows, and with continuous cut stone sill on curved plan. Square-headed window openings to rear return having timber sliding sash windows, some with tripartite arrangement. Square-headed doorway to the front face of porch (north-east) having timber panelled door with overlight, and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash sidelights. Square-headed doorway to the north-west elevation having replacement timber door and flight of cut stone steps. Set well-back from road in extensive mature grounds to the south of the centre Killybegs, at the outskirts of the town. House overlooks Killybegs harbour to the north-east and to the east. Detached three-bay single-storey outbuilding to the rear (south-west) having pitched slate roof, rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings with brick dressings. Remains of former walled garden (on rectangular-plan) and ruins of a single-and two-storey rubble stone outbuilding to the south-west. Associated Church of Ireland church, St. John’s, located to the far end of Killybegs (see 40845019). Former Church of Ireland church, now ruinous, located a short distance to the north-east (see RMP DG097-015002-).

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