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The Rectory in Town Parks

Rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house
The Rectory in Town Parks
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What is recorded here

Detached three-bay two-storey over basement former rectory, built c.1820, now in use as private dwelling. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls. Some timber sash and stained glass windows. Modern porch and steps with replacement door. Roughcast rendered outbuildings on a U-plan and stone and brick walled garden to site. Stone piers and cast-iron gate to road with wheel guards, set in rubble stone wall.
Though many original features and materials have been replaced, this building retains some timber sash and stained glass windows. The setting of the house is enhanced by the related outbuildings, walled garden and gates to the site.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14324009

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

Recorded change of use
Originally rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house; recorded by the architectural inventory as house
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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Rathkennamike2, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • surrealpenguin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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