Moore Abbey

Country house in Kildare, Ireland, dating from 1765–1775

Detached fifteen-bay two- and three-storey over part-raised basement Georgian Gothic-style mansion, built 1767-71, incorporating fabric of medieval abbey (1177) and later house (1549) comprising seven-bay three-storey central block with three-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to centre approached by flight of steps, four-bay two-storey flanking projecting end bays having four-bay two-storey side elevation to west, nine-bay two-storey garden front to side elevation to east and single-bay four-storey tower to rear to north on a square plan. Extensively remodelled, 1846, to produce present form and appearance. Extended, c.1975, comprising three-bay single-storey block to north-east and single-bay four-stage water tower to north-west on a square plan. Now in use as convent, hospital and asylum. Roofs not visible behind battlemented parapet walls. Limestone ashlar chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roofed to porch behind parapet wall. Materials not visible. Rendered walls. Ruled and lined. Unpainted. Rendered dressings including consoled stringcourse to top floors having battlemented parapet walls over with cut-stone coping. Limestone ashlar walls to porch approached by flight of twelve cut-stone steps. Cut-limestone dressings including pilasters on plinths supporting pointed-arch recesses having moulded cornice over with blocking course to parapet wall hav

Type:
Country house

Period:
1765–1775

Where:
Kildare, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.14°N, 7.06°W

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