The Monastery

Detached three-bay two-storey monastery, c.1860, on a corner site retaining most original fenestration with four-bay two-storey side elevation to south-east having single-bay single-storey canted bay window to ground floor. Part refenestrated and extended, c.1970, comprising single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting bay to side elevation to north-east. Hipped roof with slate. Red clay ridge tiles. Roughcast chimney stack. Timber eaves. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roof to projecting bay behind parapet walls. Materials not visible. Roughcast walls. Painted. Roughcast parapet wall to projecting bay with rendered coping. Square-headed openings. Cut-granite sills. 2/2 timber sash windows (some replacement timber casement windows, c.1970). Square-headed door opening. Profiled rendered doorcase, c.1970, with canopy over. Timber panelled door. Set back from road in own grounds on a corner site. Landscaped grounds to site. Roughcast boundary wall to site.

The monastery at Monasterevin is an attractive, substantial building of social interest as one of the earliest ecclesiastical residences in the locality. Well-maintained, the house retains most of its original form and character, while later additions and/or alterations do not detract significantly from the integrity of the original design. Composed on an almost-symmetrical plan and of graceful proportions the front (north-east) elevation is presently centred about a late twentieth century doorcase that complements the appearance of the house. The house retains most of its original features and materials, including timber sash fenestration and a slate roof having cast-iron rainwater goods. The retention of an almost-intact external aspect suggests that the interior may contain early or original features and fittings of significance. Sited on a corner site, the monastery forms an attractive feature on the streetscapes of Drogheda Street and Whelan's Row.