Saint Patrick's College

University in Kildare, Ireland, dating from 1796–1815

Attached five-bay three-storey over basement house, built 1796-9, originally detached retaining original fenestration with three-bay three-storey pedimented breakfront and five-bay three-storey rear elevation to south-west having three-bay three-storey pedimented breakfront. Extended, 1809-1815, comprising ten-bay three-storey over basement lateral wings having two-bay three-storey advanced end bays (incorporating chapels) and thirty-two-bay three-storey over basement lower wings at right angles to south-west (completing U-shaped plan about a courtyard) with three-bay three-storey pedimented breakfronts. Gable-ended roof to original block and lateral wings with copper (gabled to pediments; hipped to end bays). Copper ridge tiles. Gable-ended roofs to wings to south-west behind parapet walls with slate (gabled to pediments). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course (modillion eaves course to original block and lateral wings). Rendered walls. Unpainted. Cut-stone dressings including quoins to corners to original block and string/sill course to first floor. Cut-stone dressings to pediment to original block with cast-iron clock to tympanum in cut-stone surround. Cut-stone dressings to wings to south-west including stringcourses and coping to parapet walls, and surrounds and medallions to pediments. Square-headed window openings (in tripar

Type:
University

Period:
1796–1815

Where:
Kildare, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.38°N, 6.60°W

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