Urcher Manse

Detached three-bay two-storey former manse, built c.1870, with two-storey lean-to extension to rear. Now in use as private dwelling. Hipped replacement slate roof with closely-spaced pair of rendered chimneystacks flanking centre bay, and uPVC rainwater goods. Ruled-and-lined smooth rendered walls with smooth render eaves course. Two-over-two timber sliding sash windows diminishing in height from ground to first floor, all with stone sills. Central round-headed entrance in recessed opening with stepped recesses to plain fanlight set over running-moulded entablature supported by colonettes having foliated capitals on chamfered pedestals. Panelled timber door with cast-iron bootscraper. Yard to rear, having rubble walls with two-bay single-storey outbuilding and wrough-iron gates. Smooth-rendered wing walls with Scotch copings and iron gates to entrance.

A substantial middle-sized house in the Classical tradition, displaying well-wrought Victorian features notably the Gothic-Revival style doorcase that refers to its original clerical purpose. The house retains many of its salient features, including the historic windows, outbuilding, and wrought-iron gates. As a former manse it is a reminder of the social history of Bailieborough testifying to its Protestant traditions.