The Presbytery in Kilmalogue, County Offaly

This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.

What is recorded here

Read the whole record

Detached four-bay two-storey Italianate style parochial house, built c.1850, with recessed first floor, return to rear, abutting four-bay two-storey building to west. House set back from road. Pitched slate roof, hidden by parapet, with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Channelled render to ground floor with frieze and cornice surmounted by cast-iron brattishing. Ruled-and-lined render to first floor with rendered quoins, frieze and cornice. Replacement uPVC windows, stucco surrounds to ground floor with stone sills, stucco block-and-start window surrounds to first floor. Projecting entrance bay with round-headed door opening recessed into porch with rendered pilasters supporting frieze and cornice. Parochial house set back from street behind rendered plinth wall with sandstone capping stones surmounted by cast-iron railings and cylindrical cast-iron gate piers and gates. Outbuildings with rendered walls and pitched slate roofs to east, accessed through square-profile gate piers with pyramidal coping stones and corrugated-iron gates.

This very fine parochial house, situated opposite the church, convent, chapel and school, stands stylistically apart from the typical domestic architecture found within Portarlington. Its Italianate style is enlivened by abundant decoration including brattishing and stuccowork. The off-centred door creates an asymmetrical façade, but in doing so expresses a unique character. Set back from the road, its front site is enclosed by flanking structures and as a result the house is visually framed.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14818020

Places near here

Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
John Healy, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
Portarlington GAA Club; photographer not named, portarlingtongaa.ie

Presentation ConventSchool · 62 yd

Explorer Tom Presentation Convent school in Kilmalogue has a hoodmoulding over its double-light window that looks like it’s trying…

Saint Michael's Catholic ChurchChurch/chapel · 101 yd

Explorer Tom Saint Michael’s in Kilmalogue thinks it invented shortcuts but you’ll walk past it for hours. The stonework is so…

Kilmalogue HouseHouse · 185 yd

Explorer Tom Kilmalogue House in Kilmalogue is derelict and falling into disrepair, which means it’s basically a skeleton of an…

The ChestnutsHouse · 200 yd

Explorer Tom The Chestnuts in Kilmalogue is covered in ivy, so it looks like a house that’s been left alone to turn into a forest…

The MaltingsMaltings · 246 yd

Explorer Tom The Maltings in Kilmalogue has turned itself into a factory outlet but still rocks those yellow brick window surrounds.…

St Michael's CemeteryCemetery · 598 yd

Explorer Tom St Michael's Cemetery in County Offaly has a lot to say to the car park that replaced its old entrance. It’s still…

BraemarHouse · 635 yd

Explorer Tom Braemar in Kilmalogue would cope on a reality show by leaning against its D-shaped bays and judging everyone else. The…

Blackstick PrioryMonastery · 636 yd

Explorer Tom Blackstick Priory would survive a zombie attack by hiding in its own shadow and pretending it’s a statue. The roofline…

PembrokeHouse · 650 yd

Explorer Tom Pembroke in Kilmalogue had a prophecy that it would become a pizza shop if it didn’t clean its windows. The prediction…

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in DroughillFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1487 yd

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Droughill holds the unofficial world record for being the most dished-out circle near…

Portarlington GAA Ground ParkingPark · 1.2 mi

Explorer Tom Portarlington GAA Ground Parking would review its visitors by how well they park their cars next to the bins. It hates…

Portarlington GAAGAA ground · 1.2 mi

More historic places in County Offaly · All of County Offaly

Add to this placeAdd a picture Add a detailed tip Add a story

Explore the map1,095,414 places to discover