The Palace

Bishop's palace in Tipperary south, Ireland, dating from 1730–1735

Detached seven-bay two-storey over half-basement former bishop's palace with dormer attic windows, built 1732, now in use as hotel, having two principal elevations with three-bay breakfronts. Multiple-bay two-storey addition to southwest with two-bay two-storey link to house and with two-bay two-storey and three-bay single-storey additions to northeast. Recent lift tower extension to northeast. Hipped slate roof to main house with brick chimneystacks having decorative brick pilasters and slate-hung lower parts, dressed limestone parapet walls, carved limestone dentillated cornice, cast-iron rainwater goods and having gable-fronted dormer windows to both principal elevations. Flemish bond red brick walls to front elevation with dressed limestone plat-band between floors, sill courses, dressed limestone quoins to ground floor and carved limestone string course above rubble limestone basement walls. Roughly dressed limestone walls to rear and side elevations with similar dressings to front elevation. Timber sliding sash windows throughout, with Serlian windows to front ground floor end bays and square-headed elsewhere. Dormer windows are eight-over-eight pane with slate-hung gables above. Front façade ground and first floor windows are six-over-six pane, first floor having, carved limestone surrounds and ground cornices and ground floor having carved limestone Gibbsian surrounds w

Type:
Bishop's palace

Period:
1730–1735

Where:
Tipperary south, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.52°N, 7.89°W

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