Overview
steps — Boyne Terrace is recorded as steps in Louth. Flight of limestone steps, built c. 1840. Square-headed door opening, smooth rendered surround, c. 1900, opening flanked by recessed panels and surmounted by recessed panel with raised lettering of "BOYNE TERRACE", corbelled course and limestone coping to parapet
Why it was built
The saved account records: Entrance fronting directly onto North Strand, steps leading up to terraced houses known as Boyne Terrace.
People and work
The saved account records: Flight of limestone steps, built c. 1840.
How it changed
The saved account records: Square-headed door opening, smooth rendered surround, c. 1900, opening flanked by recessed panels and surmounted by recessed panel with raised lettering of "BOYNE TERRACE", corbelled course and limestone coping to parapet
What survives
The saved account records: Flight of tooled limestone steps rising to west of entrance gate, flanked by roughcast-rendered walls.
Why it mattered
steps — Boyne Terrace matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This flight of limestone steps ascending to Boyne Terrace is worthy of note and makes a significant contribution to the streetscape. The entrance gate, situated in a later surround, has simple detailing which gives it aesthetic appeal, the tooled detailing of the steps further enhances the character of the site. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
Places near here
- house — Boyne Terracebuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Boyne Villa — North Strandbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- plaque — North Strandbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Cord Burial ground, chapel (in ruins) — Yellowbattermonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Boyne Viaduct — Droghedabuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Cord Burial ground — Yellowbattermonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Graveslab in Yellowbattermonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Cross — Market cross in Yellowbattermonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Cross in Yellowbattermonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Cord Burial Ground — Thomas Streetbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Mapped cemetery — County Louthmemorialunder 0.1 miles
- Boyne Cottage — Greenhills Roadbuilding0.1 miles
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