Saint Patrick's College

Building misc in Kildare, Ireland, dating from 1845–1851

Attached multiple-bay three-storey Gothic Revival building with attic, built 1845-51, on a U-shaped plan about a courtyard possibly over basement with three-bay four-storey projecting central entrance bay to wing to east, single-bay three-storey gabled entrance breakfront to wing to west having canted oriel windows and single-bay four-stage bell tower to wing to south having three-bay three-storey gabled projecting bay to south-west incorporating chapel. Part refenestrated, c.1990. Gable-ended roofs with slate (gabled to attic windows). Clay ridge tiles. Glazed lanterns to ridges in timber frames having hipped slate roofs. Cut-stone chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Pyramidal roof to bell tower. Copper-clad. Snecked rubble limestone walls. Stepped buttresses (including clasping corner buttresses) to wing to south. Trefoil-headed window openings (some paired). Cut-stone block-and-start surrounds and chamfered reveals. Original iron casement windows (some replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990). Pointed-arch door openings. Cut-stone surrounds and chamfered reveals having hood mouldings over. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors with original iron fittings. Set in grounds shared with Saint Patrick’s College about a courtyard. Landscaped grounds to courtyard.

Type:
Building misc

Period:
1845–1851

Where:
Kildare, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.38°N, 6.60°W

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