Description

TL 41 SW GILSTON GILSTON LANE
(east side)

2/39 Nos 7 and 9
Church Cottages
- at corner with
Pennys Lane

GV II

Block of 2 houses. '1852' on quatrefoil datestone on E gable.
Tall red brick, Gothic, block of estate houses on prominent
corner site, facing E. 2 storeys with steep pitched slate roof
with heavy moulded bargeboards and moulded pendant. Large
central chimney with 5 diagonal flues with moulded caps and
bases. Designed as N range with S cross wing. 3 windows. Tall
2-light 1st floor mullioned windows with cast iron lattice
casements, flat gauged arches and flush stone sills. 3-light
similar windows to Ground floor of N range but single storey 3-
sided stone bay window to cross wing with brick base, cast iron
lattice lights and hipped metal roof. Rustic gabled, slated
porches on tree trunks on S and N ends. Marks of blocked door in
angle between wings. An elaborate block of estate houses typical
of the Gilston Park Estate under John Hodgson. Part of group
with parish church.

Listing NGR: TL4410313467

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26594856

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)