Maryborough

1,330 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Maryborough, from 1 m² to 37,277 m² (3.73 ha, 9.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 103 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Residential 1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 791 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (Primary / Core Retail Area) (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 506 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.1General Business (Commercial, retail)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R3Residential 2 (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N6Transport & Utilities (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community Educational and Institutional (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M3Neighbourhood Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
  LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Laois · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 1 Sept 2026N/a

  develop at First Floor, No. 6 Market Square, Portlaoise, Co. Laois (Former Portlaoise arms Building Protected Structure RPS no. 227). The application consists of permission for two-by-two bedroomed apartments, winter gardens, amendments to elevations and all associated site works at the first floor of the said property. Access to same is via Abbeyleix road side.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660599

• 11 Aug 2026N/a

  retain a domestic shed/studio as constructed, for use ancillary to the enjoyment of the existing dwelling, together with all associated site works

  Retention · Laois County Council, 2660542

• 27 Jul 2026N/a

  construct 6.no houses and all associated site works

  Permission, 6 homes · Laois County Council, 2660513

• 17 Jun 2026Conditional

  Retain change of use from dwelling house to office and associated site works

  Retention · Laois County Council, 2660380

• 21 May 2026N/a

  construct 6.no houses and all associated site works at Harpers Lane, Portlaoise Co Laois.

  Permission, 6 homes · Laois County Council, 2660297

• 12 May 2026N/a

  construct 6.no houses and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660265

• 23 Mar 2026Unconditional

  Extend duration of planning reference 19/670 and ABP 308653-20

  Extension of duration · Laois County Council, 2613

• 13 Mar 2026N/a

  construct 6.no houses and all associated site works at Harpers Lane, Portlaoise Co Laois.

  Permission, 6 homes · Laois County Council, 2660139

• 10 Feb 2026Conditional

  Change of Use from a single-storey, shop store (previously a launderette facility) to Natural Salt Wellness Rooms. The proposed development is accessed through the existing retail shop at No. 99 Main Street and alleyway between two protected structures Ramsbottom's Pub (no. 101 Main Street- RPS 210) and Marian Carton Optician (No. 100 Main Street -RPS211). Upgrading works include replacement windows, universal access and toilet, bicycle parking and refuse storage. The proposed development is located within an architectural conservation area

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660068

• 6 Feb 2026Conditional

  retain existing domestic shed to rear of dwelling house and associated site works. Planning Permission is also sought to erect a new domestic shed to the rear of existing dwelling house and associated site works.

  Retention · Laois County Council, 2660061

• 6 Feb 2026N/a

  contruct 6.no houses and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660064

• 4 Feb 2026N/a

  retain existing domestic shed to rear of dwelling house and associated site works. Planning Permission is also sought to erect a new domestic shed to the rear of existing dwelling house and associated site works.

  Retention · Laois County Council, 2660056

• 7 Jan 2026Conditional

  carry out development which will consist of: A proposed residential and commercial development on a brownfield site of 4.96 hectares to include the construction of 217 no. single to four storey residential units; 2 No. mixed use three storey commercial buildings to accommodate a creche, ground floor retail units, restaurant, and office space; a new roads layout with two new vehicular entrances off Harpur’s Lane and Mountrath Road; a dedicated pedestrian and cycle link traversing the site between the two road entrances; a DMURS compliant raised platform junction at the vehicular entrance onto Harpur’s Lane and a courtesy type pedestrian crossing further to the west on Harpur’s Lane; an additional service exit onto Mountrath Road adjacent to the proposed mixed use commercial building; associated footpaths, traffic calming, carparking, street lighting, paving, landscaping with integrated children’s playground, drainage, bin storage, and bicycle storage throughout the development; free standing ESB substations; a connection to the existing public services; and all associated ancillary site development works.The proposed development will involve the demolition of: 3 no. former fuel islands; 1 no. former fuel offloading area; the removal of underground fuel tanks and associate underground pipework; and the foundations of the former shopping centre. The proposed 217 no. residential units to consist of 74 houses and 141 apartments (including duplexes) along with 2 no. assisted living units as follows: (a) 9 no. semi-detached 2 storey 4 bed townhouses; (b) 37 no. semi-detached and terraced 2 and 3 storey 3 bed townhouses; (c) 18 no. semi-detached and terraced 2 storey 2 bed townhouses; (d) 10 no. detached and semi-detached 2 bed single storey lifetime homes; (e) 2 no. detached single storey 5 bed assisted living units with in house carer accommodation; and (f) 29 no. 1 bed, 61 no. 2 bed, and 51 no. 3 bed own door apartments and duplex apartments in three and four storey blocks. The proposed 2 no. mixed use 3 storey commercial buildings to consist of: (1) a 416.6sq.m creche over two floors to accommodate 61 children and support staff with dedicated playground with separate 359.8sq.m office space and ancillary accommodation to first and second floors with separate entrance at ground level; and (2) a separate 2,208.9sq.m 3 storey commercial building with public plaza facing onto Mountrath Street consisting of 511.5sq.m of ground floor retail space, a 311.5sq.m res

  Permission, 76 homes · Laois County Council, 2660008

• 23 Dec 2025Conditional

  Construct an aparthotel five storeys in height. The aparthotel will consist of 25no. guest suites comprising of 13no. 1-bedroom suites and 12no. 2-bedroom suites, refuse store, bicycle store, service room, ESB substation, and rooftop amenity terrace at third floor level. The development will also consist of associated hard & soft landscaping, an external generator, boundary treatments, car parking, bicycle parking, vehicle access to the existing estate road, and all associated site works. The development will consist of works which are within the curtilage of a protected structure (NIAH reference number - 12504235, record of protected structures reference number - RPS 185_B)

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560894

• 23 Dec 2025N/a

  construct 6.no houses and all associated site works at Harpers Lane, Portlaoise Co Laois.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560900

• 22 Dec 2025Conditional

  modify the granted planning 25/60636 for the construction of a new two-storey property manager office building development on lands at Harpur’s Lane, Portlaoise, Co. Laois (part of former Minch Norton Maltings). The proposed development seeks to increase the previously granted office building area from 41.8m2 to 74.90m2 to serve as the administrative headquarters for The Maltings and Granary Management Company by adding an extra storey. By increasing the size of the building and adding a first floor we have added an additional maintenance area on the ground floor along with an additional toilet from the previous granted planning 25/60636.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560884

• 18 Dec 2025N/a

  modify the granted planning 25/60636 for the construction of a new two-storey property manager office building development on lands at Harpur’s Lane, Portlaoise, Co. Laois (part of former Minch Norton Maltings). The proposed development seeks to increase the previously granted office building area from 41.8m2 to 74.90m2 to serve as the administrative headquarters for The Maltings and Granary Management Company by adding an extra storey. By increasing the size of the building and adding a first floor we have added an additional maintenance area on the ground floor along with an additional toilet from the previous granted planning 25/60636. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560869

• 12 Dec 2025N/a

  A Change of Use from a single-storey, shop store (previously a launderette facility) to Natural Salt Wellness Rooms. The proposed development is accessed through the existing retail shop at No. 99 and alleyway between two protected structures Ramsbottom's Pub (no. 101 Main Street- RPS 210) and Marian Carton Optician (No. 100 Main Street -RPS211). Upgrading works include replacement windows, universal access and toilet, bicycle parking and refuse storage. The proposed development is located within an architectural conservation area

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560846

• 20 Nov 2025Refused

  Intensify the usage of the creche, located at the Maltings, Harpurs Lane Portlaoise previous planning grant reference 24/60056. The existing planning accommodates 22 children, and the new application is designed to accommodate 58 children. The car parking for staff has been increased. The play area has also been revised.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560770

• 7 Oct 2025Conditional

  carry out development which will consist of a new single story property manager office building 41.8m2 that includes a meeting room, toilet, kitchen and office along with associated car parking

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560636

• 29 Sept 2025Refused

  (1) Permission to demolish part of existing boundary wall, (2) Permission is sought to erect 16 no. dwelling units in 2 no. blocks with each block containing 4 no. ground floor apartments & 4 no. townhouses (3) Permission for development to include new road access, services and all associated site works

  Permission, 16 homes · Laois County Council, 2560623

• 22 Sept 2025N/a

  construct a new single story property manager office building 41.8m2 that includes a meeting room, toilet, kitchen and office along with associated car parking.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560605

• 15 Sept 2025N/a

  carry out development which will consist of a new single story property manager office building 41.8m2 that includes a meeting room, toilet, kitchen and office along with associated car parking

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560583

• 9 Sept 2025Conditional

  retain the domestic shed as built. Permission is sought to complete the domestic shed and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2560568

• 5 Sept 2025Conditional

  carry out development which will consist of the amalgamation of the two existing upper ground floor retail units (Units 35 & 36), both accessed from within the internal mall, to form a single larger retail unit with a combined floor area of781 sq.m. No external works are proposed to the exterior of the building

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560564

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ridge of Portlaoise 000876

Recorded monuments

• LA013-041 Historic town
  Description

  In 1556 the Laois 'campa', known to the English as 'Fort Protector' (LA013-041001-) or the Fort of Leix', was renamed Maryborough in honour of Queen Mary. The fort attracted settlers and a map of about 1560 shows a small walled town around the fort at that date. Maryborough was granted a market in 1567, borough in 1569 and was incorporated by charter of Elizabeth I in 1570 (Bradley et al. 1986, 49). The medieval town consists of a walled town (LA013-041006-) enclosing a large settlement with a plantation castle (LA013-041001-) in the centre and a circular tower or castle (LA013-041003-) of sixteenth century date , a church (LA013-041002-) and graveyard (LA013-041004-) and a mill (LA013-041005-). Many settlers moved into the town and the Elizabethan fiants record a particularly high number of property grants between 1569 and 1571. In 1635 the town obtained a grant of two fairs from Charles I and in 1646 the town was captured by Owen Roe O'Neill but was subsequently retaken by Lord Castlehaven (Bradley et al. 1986, 49). The original market place was probably in Main street in the area between the south side of the street and the fort (LA013-041001-) if one is to judge from the map of 1721. The late medieval church and graveyard was located outside the plantation fort (LA013-041001-) to the west. The map of c. 1560 shows 14 houses and are depicted as gabled single floor structures with a loft on the first floor; all have a central heart. Nothing remains of these houses today although some of the narrow lanes opening southwards from Main Street have tall narrow houses built over them, parts of which may be seventeenth century in date (Bradley et al. 1986, 51). The map shows only one definite street, that entering from the west immediately south of the fort's rectangular tower and exiting through the east wall. This can be tentatively identified with Bridge Street and the eastern section of Main Street (Bradley et al. 1986, 50). The map also shows a break in the west wall immediately north of the fort. This also appears to signify a street which curved southwards around the fort's circular tower. Today, this can be identified with the southern portion of Church Avenue and Church Street, and perhaps with the southern part of Church Avenue. It is clear from the location of the seventeenth century church outside the fort that the town began to expand westwards in the seventeenth century. Railway Street and the western parts of Main and Church Streets probably belong to that time (Bradley et al. 1986, 50-1). Jessop Street, Portlaoise Test excavation was undertaken here by Dominic Delany under licence no. 99E0392, before planning, from 16 to 20 July 1999. The site is north-west of the remains of the 16th-century fort and church of Maryborough (now Portlaoise). Much of the site was formerly occupied by a large, early 20th-century ironworks known as 'Kelly's Foundry'. The foundry buildings were cleared in the early 1990s. The site was covered with hardcore fills, crushed rubble and concrete slabs at the time of testing. Testing comprised the mechanical excavation of ten test-trenches. The hardcore, crushed rubble and concrete slab surfaces occasionally overlay modern deposits but more frequently overlay the light yellowish-brown, clayey sand subsoil, which was encountered at an average depth of 0.4m. The subsoil yielded occasional modern and post-medieval pottery sherds. It had an average thickness of 0.3m and overlay the orange or reddish-brown, natural, clayey sand. Two post-medieval linear features were encountered. A linear feature at least 22.5m long, in Trench 2, probably represents a post-medieval field or property boundary, but the origin of a short (5.65m) linear feature in Trench 9 could not be established. Both features were relatively shallow and sterile and would appear to be of limited archaeological interest. A series of walls (2m high, 0.4m wide) and a stone-lined drain were encountered in Trench 6. The walls represent a subsurface structure, but their origin could not be established. They are very distinctive in that they are almost entirely faced with rounded cobblestones, an unlikely building material. However, this is not unusual for Portlaoise, as many of the surviving 19th-century sheds and outbuildings in the town are similarly constructed (Bennett 2000, 153-4). Fintan Lalor Avenue Assessment and subsequent monitoring were undertaken by Paul Stevens for Margaret Gowan Ltd. Under licence no. 00E0104, along the route of a proposed natural gas pipeline installation in Portlaoise town. This development connects various parts of the town to the gas main and crosses into the area of archaeological potential identified in the Urban Archaeology Survey of County Laois. Test-trenching was carried out in March 2000, under licence, and archaeological monitoring of the pipeline followed shortly afterwards. One of the three proposed trenches was opened. This trench was 5.7m by 1.9m by 1m deep and was close to the supposed southern corner of the outer town defensive ditch in Fintan Lalor Avenue. Nothing of archaeological significance was revealed. Subsequent monitoring of construction was undertaken following approval by Dúchas The Heritage Service for the development. The pipe-trench was located within Fintan Lalor Avenue, a modern road constructed in 1996; however, here the pipeline ran close to the supposed southern corner of the outer town defensive ditch as defined within the area of archaeological potential for Portlaoise. A single linear slot-trench was opened by a trenching machine and JCB; it was 520m long, 0.5m wide and 1-1.1m deep, commencing from the south-western end of Fintan Lalor Avenue (connecting with the section of gas main already laid) and extending to the Garda Station roundabout. Monitoring revealed modern road-fill and subsoil; no archaeological deposits or activity were noted (Bennett 2002, 187). Portlaoise Gaol and Courthouse The present structure was built in the late eighteenth century as a gaol, possibly replacing an earlier one. (The adjoining courthouse, built at the same time, replaced an earlier courthouse destroyed by fire.) It served this function until 1830, and in recent years housed the town's public library. Current plans to reconstruct it and the adjoining buildings as an arts centre necessitated an archaeological investigation, as the complex adjoined the old churchyard of St Peter's (LA013-041002-004-). Three cuttings were excavated by Thaddeus C. Breen under licence no. 96E365 in the courtyard. In two, soil containing brick rubble with mortar fragments was found to a depth of approximately 2m below the present surface. An intact ceramic pipe 0.3m in diameter, probably a sewer, was also found at this depth. Finds from these cuttings comprised pottery of mainly eighteenth-century date (possibly some nineteenth-century), along with glass and clay pipe fragments. In the third cutting two skeletons were found (one incomplete owing to disturbance). They were identified as male, aged 23-25 and 25-30. The causes of death could not be ascertained. Traces of a coffin were present in one case, and it appears to have been slightly too small for the corpse. The skeletons were found at a depth of 1. lm and were oriented north-south, with their heads to the south. Part of a third skeleton was noted in the baulk but not excavated. Beside them, at a lower level, was the base of a stone wall or foundation, at least 0.8m thick. The top of this wall was 1.54m below the present surface, and above this was rubble similar to that found in the other cuttings. The presence of eighteenth- and possibly nineteenth-century material in the layer into which the burials were placed suggests that they represent part of a burial-plot attached to the gaol. The wall may be part of an earlier gaol building. Archaeological testing and monitoring were carried at the courthouse and old gaol, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, from December 1997 to February

• LA013-041001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  According to the Annals of the Four Masters this fort was constructed by Francis Bryan, Marshall of Ireland, in 1548 on the lands of O'More. Originally known as 'Fort Protector' it was renamed Maryborough in honour of Queen Mary in 1556. Henry Wyse is described as captain of the 'Fort of Leix' in 1552 , while in 1565-6 Francis Cosbie was made constable of the fort, at this time its garrison consisted of 'one porter, one drummer, one ensign, one surgeon and 39 arquebusiers', (Bradley 1986, 51). The town was burnt in 1597 by Orie M'Rory O Mordha and again the following year. (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 429, 430, 476, 477). The fort was destroyed by Hewson and Reynolds the Cromwellian Generals in 1650 (Feehan 1983, 395). The ground plan of the fort is visible on map c. 1560. A rectangular enclosure (1120 x 1110 yards) with a projecting circular tower at NE corner and rectangular tower at SW corner. Entrance in W wall and in the S of the enclosure were a series of two-storied building. Outside was an external fosse partly fitted with water. The remains consist of N, S and E walls with a circular tower at NE corner (diam. c. 8m, wall T. c. 1.5m) and part of W wall. Within the fort was a rectangular building demolished about 1835 according to the OS letters (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, p. 74). Grose drew an illustration of the rectangular corner tower of the fort in the late eighteenth century (Bradley et al. 1986, 51). Situated on rising ground SW of the Triogue River. The ground plan of the fort is preserved in a map of c. 1560 and in another of late sixteenth century date, now in Trinity College, Dublin. These plans show a rectangular walled area (1024m x 1015m), with a projecting circular tower at the NE corner and a rectangular tower (17 yards x 14 yards) at the SW corner. The only entrance was in the W wall and a two storied range of buildings, described as 132 yards long, appear in the S quadrant of the fort. An external ditch partly filled with water is shown on the 1560 plan. This was subsequently backfilled and the owners of properties on Main St. acquired the extra piece of ground adjoining the wall of the fort. The line of the ditch is preserved in the kink which a number of these allotments have near the fort. The upstanding remains consist of the N, S and SE walls, a circular angle tower at NE angle, and a portion of the W wall. Sections are now concealed by later buildings and are inaccessible. The entrance was in the W wall in the portion which is now missing. The NW corner forms the boundary wall of the Technical School. The gapped lower section of the wall survives to a height of 2.5m and has an external batter. The NW corner is rounded and from here the wall continues eastwrads along Church St. where it forms the garden wall of two houses. The remainder of the Church St. section survives 5-6m high but is punctuated by entrances. Circular tower (int. diam. 8.2m; wall T 1.5m) at NE angle. Internally there is evidence for two floor offsets to accommodate the floor joists of a three storey high angle tower. The tower and the eastern section of the wall adjoining it is incorporated into the modern flour mill (Ranks Mills). The S end of the east wall borders Church Avenue where it has an external height of 3m but the interior is built up by landscaped school grounds. The S wall also borders the School grounds and survives to a height of 3.8m. The remaining short sections are presently behind the outbuildings and backyards of the houses fronting onto Main St (Bradley et al. 1986, 51-2). Excavations by Dominic Delany under licence number 03E0975 that were carried out in Church St during works carried out as part of the Portlaoise Broadband Project from June to December 2003. A cut, which may be associated with a moat surrounding the 16th century fort, was identified along Church Street. It was originally proposed to run the cable trench in the footpath close to the fort wall, but excavations at the W end of the street revealed a substantial culvert running immediately adjacent to the wall. At the E end of Church St a 1.25m square box was excavated that revealed a cut which probably represents the moat surrounding the 16th century fort (Bennett 2006, 297). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA013-041002 Church
  Description

  In the 1556 Plantation of Laois it was ordered that a church be built in every town within three years (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907-14, vol. 1, p. 436). The earliest historical reference to the existence of a church at Maryborough is a reference to David Good who is listed as vicar of Maryborough in 1598 (Bradley 1986, 53). In 1556 the Laois 'campa', known to the English as 'Fort Protector' (LA013-041001-) or the Fort of Leix', was renamed Maryborough in honour of Queen Mary. The fort attracted settlers and a map of about 1560 shows a small walled town around the fort at that date. Maryborough was granted a market in 1567, borough in 1569 and was incorporated by charter of Elizabeth I in 1570 (Bradley et al. 1986, 49). The medieval town consists of a walled town (LA013-041006-) enclosing a large settlement with a plantation castle (LA013-041001-) in the centre and a circular tower or castle (LA013-041003-) of sixteenth century date , a church (LA013-041002-) and graveyard (LA013-041004-) and a mill (LA013-041005-). Many settlers moved into the town and the Elizabethan fiants record a particularly high number of property grants between 1569 and 1571. In 1635 the town obtained a grant of two fairs from Charles I and in 1646 the town was captured by Owen Roe O'Neill but was subsequently retaken by Lord Castlehaven (Bradley et al. 1986, 49). Situated within its own churchyard W of the sixteenth century fort (LA013-041001-) of Maryborough the remains consist of the W tower and N wall of the nave of the church. The four storey rectangular tower (int. dims. 5.3m x 5.2m; wall T 0.9m) is entered through a rectangular opening in the E wall. There is a high round arched opeing in the W wall, now blocked up and forming the back wall of a house in Church St. It was from this entrance that the tower and church were entered through. There is a blocked splayed opening or possible window in the N wall above the entrance. The first floor is marked externally by a string course above which the tower is stepped back slightly. The weathering for the sloping roof-line of the nave is visible in the E wall and indicates that the tower stood slightly NW of the church. The third floor was the belfry stage and has a round arched window in each wall. The church and graveyard was located outside the walls of the plantation fort but within the town walls, as shown on the c. 1560 map of Maryborough. Portlaoise Gaol and Courthouse The present structure was built in the late eighteenth century as a gaol, possibly replacing an earlier one. (The adjoining courthouse, built at the same time, replaced an earlier courthouse destroyed by fire.) It served this function until 1830, and in recent years housed the town's public library. Current plans to reconstruct it and the adjoining buildings as an arts centre necessitated an archaeological investigation, as the complex adjoined the old churchyard of St Peter's (LA013-041002-004-). Three cuttings were excavated by Thaddeus C. Breen under licence no. 96E365 in the courtyard. In two, soil containing brick rubble with mortar fragments was found to a depth of approximately 2m below the present surface. An intact ceramic pipe 0.3m in diameter, probably a sewer, was also found at this depth. Finds from these cuttings comprised pottery of mainly eighteenth-century date (possibly some nineteenth-century), along with glass and clay pipe fragments. In the third cutting two skeletons were found (one incomplete owing to disturbance). They were identified as male, aged 23-25 and 25-30. The causes of death could not be ascertained. Traces of a coffin were present in one case, and it appears to have been slightly too small for the corpse. The skeletons were found at a depth of 1. lm and were oriented north-south, with their heads to the south. Part of a third skeleton was noted in the baulk but not excavated. Beside them, at a lower level, was the base of a stone wall or foundation, at least 0.8m thick. The top of this wall was 1.54m below the present surface, and above this was rubble similar to that found in the other cuttings. The presence of eighteenth- and possibly nineteenth-century material in the layer into which the burials were placed suggests that they represent part of a burial-plot attached to the gaol. The wall may be part of an earlier gaol building. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA013-041003 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Located in the centre of the modern town of Portlaoise, behind the Convent. Circular stone tower house located to the E of the plantation fort (LA013-041001-) and marked on c. 1560 map of Maryborough as being situated within the town walls of the town. This circular stone tower house with base batter survives to full height and is incoporated into a nineteenth century convent that is attached to one side of the circular tower. Evidence of stone corbels indicate floor levels within the interior of the tower. On the 1560 map this stone tower had a two storey gable fronted house with central chimney stack attached to its N face. Small stream ran between the plantation fort and the circular tower and is now represented by the modern road in front of the convent Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA013-041004 Graveyard
  Description

  The church (LA013-041002-) constructed c. 1556 (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 436) consists of the North wall of the Nave and the West tower built of roughly coursed mixed stone. Rectangular opening in E wall and blocked-up opening in W. wall. A external string course indicates the first floor. In E wall of second floor is a flat topped window and on each wall of the third floor is a rounded arch window. Otherwise featureless. Late medieval church in large graveyard with eighteenth and nineteenth century headstones. The late medieval church and graveyard was located outside the plantation fort (LA013-041001-) to the west. In the 1556 Plantation of Laois it was ordered that a church be built in every town within three years (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, p. 436) Earliest historical reference to the existence of a church at Maryborough is a reference to David Good who is listed as vicar of Maryborough in 1598 (Bradley 1986, p. 53). Situated within its own churchyard W of the Fort (LA013-041001-) of Maryborough. Portlaoise Gaol and Courthouse The present structure was built in the late eighteenth century as a gaol, possibly replacing an earlier one. (The adjoining courthouse, built at the same time, replaced an earlier courthouse destroyed by fire.) It served this function until 1830, and in recent years housed the town's public library. Current plans to reconstruct it and the adjoining buildings as an arts centre necessitated an archaeological investigation, as the complex adjoined the old churchyard of St Peter's (LA013-041002-004-). Three cuttings were excavated by Thaddeus C. Breen under licence no. 96E365 in the courtyard. In two, soil containing brick rubble with mortar fragments was found to a depth of approximately 2m below the present surface. An intact ceramic pipe 0.3m in diameter, probably a sewer, was also found at this depth. Finds from these cuttings comprised pottery of mainly eighteenth-century date (possibly some nineteenth-century), along with glass and clay pipe fragments. In the third cutting two skeletons were found (one incomplete owing to disturbance). They were identified as male, aged 23-25 and 25-30. The causes of death could not be ascertained. Traces of a coffin were present in one case, and it appears to have been slightly too small for the corpse. The skeletons were found at a depth of 1. lm and were oriented north-south, with their heads to the south. Part of a third skeleton was noted in the baulk but not excavated. Beside them, at a lower level, was the base of a stone wall or foundation, at least 0.8m thick. The top of this wall was 1.54m below the present surface, and above this was rubble similar to that found in the other cuttings. The presence of eighteenth- and possibly nineteenth-century material in the layer into which the burials were placed suggests that they represent part of a burial-plot attached to the gaol. The wall may be part of an earlier gaol building. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA013-041005 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  Unlocated mill within the historic town (LA013-041) of Portlaoise known in medieval times as Maryborough. Mill shown on the map of c. 1560 east of the stream from the fort's (LA013-041001-) circular angle tower, its site is today occupied by Rank's Mills. Church Avenue now runs along the line of this mill race that powered the mill the location of which is now marked by the site of Ranks Mills. This mill race would appear to be the stream that is shown on the plan of c. 1560. Area around Pepper's Lane, Portlaoise was investigated by Dominic Delany in the year 1996 under excavation licence no. 96E277. Archaeological test-excavation was undertaken in advance of a proposed commercial and residential development at Pepper's Lane, Portlaoise, in September 1996. The site is located about 150m south-east of the sixteenth-century fort. All OS 6-inch maps show a mill-race running along the site's eastern boundary. This mill-race was formed in the early nineteenth century by revetting the banks of a small stream which is clearly marked on the two surviving sixteenth-century maps of the fort and town. The mill-race powered a large flour mill (recently demolished) which stood on the site of a sixteenth-century mill outside the north-east corner of the old fort. The site is L-shaped in plan and measures 100m north-south by 12-32m east-west. A large nineteenth-century dwelling-house, due to be refurbished, occupies the north end of the site. Following demolition, three trial-trenches were mechanically excavated at the site. Trenches 1 and 2 were located close to the western and eastern boundaries respectively, and extended the full length of the area to be developed (i.e. 85m). Trench 3 was located between Trenches 1 and 2 and was 45m long. At the southern end of the site rubble overburden (0.4m thick) overlay a redeposited mottled grey/brown fine sand (0.7m thick). The sand overlay a natural yellowish-brown clayey silt containing pebbles and cobbles. The ground at the northern end of the site had been very disturbed by the extensive building activity in this area. Rubble overburden (0.7m thick) and the remains of broken concrete and cobbled surfaces overlay a dark brown clayey sand with moderate inclusions of cobbles, pebbles, crushed mortar and brick, and flecks of charcoal and lime (0.25m thick). This overlay the natural reddish-brown clay. The broken remains of the mill-race channel (2.5m wide, 1.5m high) were located in Trench 2. The reverting walls were composed of rubble limestone masonry, and the 15m section which had been covered by buildings at the northern end of the site had a stone- and brick-arched roof. The fill within the roofed section was foul-smelling and a couple of disused sewer pipes entered the channel. A brown silty sand with frequent inclusions of pebbles, glass fragments, pottery sherds, animal bone and synthetic materials lay at the surface (0.15m thick). This overlay a deposit of coarse grey sand with moderate inclusions of flecks of charcoal, modern glass fragments and pottery sherds (0.5m deep, not fully excavated). The remaining section of the mill-race was originally open but had been gradually filled in since it became obsolete in the late nineteenth century. One section of the channel had been broken through and subsequently replaced by concrete piping. No archaeological deposits or features were encountered. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA013-041006 Town defences
  Description

  The plan of the town from around 1560 shows that the small settlement clustered around the Fort (LA013-014001-) was enclosed by a wall delimiting a rectangular area. No mural towers or gatehouse are indicated but two openings in the W wall, immediately N and S of the fort and a probable opening in the E wall are indicated. A lease of 1569-71 mentions the 'east gate' of Maryborough. The towns charter of 1570 empowered the coproration to 'fortify the borough with dicthes and stone walls' which may indicted that the defences shown in the map of c. 1560 were considered inadequate by then. There is no defintive evidence, however, for the fortification of Maryborough after 1570. There are no surviving remains of the defences and it is difficult to gauge their exact route (Bradley 1986, 52-3). The E boundary of the town is probably preserved by the line of the Triogue River, the S wall was probably close to the townland boundary, while the W wall may be preserved in the line of Railway St. and Lyster Lane. The 16th century map shows two openings in the W wall, which may represent gatehouses. These lay immediately N and S of the fort controlling entry to Main St. and Church St. There is a similar opening in the E wall in Bridge St. An unusual feature depicted on the 1560 map is the presence of an intra-mural walled enclosure in the SE angle. Its function is unknown (Bradley 1986, 53). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA013-041007 Burial
  Description

  Archaeological testing and monitoring were carried at the courthouse and old gaol, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, from December 1997 to February 1998. Thaddeus Breen had investigated three areas under this licence in 1996 (Excavations 1996, 62-3; Cahill & Sikora 2011, Vol. 2, 488). Two areas were investigated during this current phase. Trench 3 was dug in the south-west corner of the courtyard. It produced evidence of cellars associated with the courthouse and a cobbled area (pre-dating the present courthouse). The cobbled area was found to be quite extensive, as cobbles were found during monitoring in the courtyard area of the site to the south. Trench 1 was dug outside the north-east gable of the gaol. A building had been recently demolished here. It produced a cobbled area that may be associated either with the building or with the other cobbles on the site previously mentioned. During monitoring of foundation trenches in the courtyard six skeletons were discovered. They were orientated roughly north-south, and all but one had their heads to the south. All skeletons were supine, with evidence of coffins. Skeletons 75 and 81 were complete. Skeleton 73's feet were truncated by a wall to the south. Skeleton 79 had been disturbed by the foundation trench to the east. Skeleton 77 was truncated from the pelvis up. Skeleton 91 was truncated from the patellae up. From the location of the surviving nails it can be suggested that the coffins were built of several pieces of wood tacked onto a frame. The coffin of Skeleton 75 seems to have had a thin iron band down the centre of the lid, which may have served to keep the coffin together or may have been a decorative strip. Evidence in support of the latter was found when, on closer examination of the metal, an impressed flower motif and swirls were noted. This gives the impression that some care was taken in the construction of the coffin. This is contrary to the impression given by the feet (they were squashed into the coffins) and the incorrect orientation. Perhaps the metal band was reused. It can be suggested that the coffins were built to a standard size as consideration was not given to individuals' dimensions. The fills produced post-medieval pottery sherds, glass and animal bone. The only directly associated finds were a copper-alloy shroud-pin on Skeleton 73 and the coffin nails and metal. Further monitoring did not reveal anything of archaeological significance (Bennett 2000, 125). Archaeological monitoring was carried out in October 1998 on the final phase of ground disturbance works associated with the upgrading of Portlaoise Courthouse and the redevelopment of the old gaol into a new arts centre. The courthouse was built in 1789 and replaced an earlier structure destroyed by fire. The gaol was built at around the same time and remained in use until 1830, from when it functioned as an RIC barracks, until the 1860s. It was converted into a public library in the 1950s. Two phases of trial-trenching and monitoring preceded this programme of monitoring and were carried out between December 1996 and February 1998 (by Thaddeus Breen, Excavations 1996, 62-3, 96E0277, and Fiona Reilly, No. 370 above). These investigations found the remains of a graveyard in the courtyard of the old gaol, a cobbled surface that pre-dated part of the gaol and the remains of a structure outside its eastern wall. Five service trenches were excavated as part of the development, three in the courtyard on the eastern side of the courthouse (Trenches 1, 4 and 5) and two outside the eastern wall of the old gaol (Trenches 2 and 3). Trench 1 (22m long, 1.2m wide) revealed two phases of activity. Phase 1 consisted of a small pit cutting the natural clay at the southern end of the trench, which was filled with organic material containing 18th-century pottery. To the north of Trench 1 a large feature cutting natural was revealed. This was filled with heavy clays containing animal bone and occasional sherds of 18th-century pottery. This feature was cut by a large north-south-orientated limestone wall, 14.85m long, which also extended into Trench 4 (9.77m long, 2.65m wide), to the south. This feature was one of two walls making up Phase 2; the second was orientated east-west and ran off at a right angle from the first. It is likely that these walls formed part of ancillary structures associated with the courthouse. To the east of the old gaol Trench 2 (44.2m long, up to 1.7m wide) exposed two phases of archaeological activity. Phase 1 consisted of a large east-west-orientated pit, which extended into Trench 3 to the west, giving it a minimum length of 4.6m. It was 1.87m wide and 0.95m deep. The pit was lined with organic waste and backfilled with heavy clays. It also showed evidence of having been recut. Phase 2 consisted of the remains of a north- south-orientated limestone wall exposed for 4.1m in section, which was abutted by an east-west-orientated wall to the west of it. This wall continued into the adjacent Trench 3, where the remains of a disturbed cobble and flagstone surface were exposed 1.6m to the south of it. These two walls formed part of the boundary wall enclosing the gaol precinct. To the north of Trench 3 sections of the southern and eastern walls of a previously identified structure were revealed. These walls enclosed the remains of a cobbled surface. The surface was sealed in places by a compact layer of cess and overlay the earlier pit described above. It is likely that this structure functioned as a stable, possibly associated with the RIC barracks (Bennett 2000, 125-6). The present structure was built in the late eighteenth century as a gaol, possibly replacing an earlier one. (The adjoining courthouse, built at the same time, replaced an earlier courthouse destroyed by fire.) It served this function until 1830, and in recent years housed the town's public library. Current plans to reconstruct it and the adjoining buildings as an arts centre necessitated an archaeological investigation, as the complex adjoined the old churchyard of St Peter's. Three cuttings were excavated in the courtyard. In two, soil containing brick rubble with mortar fragments was found to a depth of approximately 2m below the present surface. An intact ceramic pipe 0.3m in diameter, probably a sewer, was also found at this depth. Finds from these cuttings comprised pottery of mainly eighteenth-century date (possibly some nineteenth-century), along with glass and clay pipe fragments. In the third cutting two skeletons were found (one incomplete owing to disturbance). They were identified as male, aged 23-25 and 25-30. The causes of death could not be ascertained. Traces of a coffin were present in one case, and it appears to have been slightly too small for the corpse. The skeletons were found at a depth of 1. lm and were oriented north-south, with their heads to the south. Part of a third skeleton was noted in the baulk but not excavated. Beside them, at a lower level, was the base of a stone wall or foundation, at least 0.8m thick. The top of this wall was 1.54m below the present surface, and above this was rubble similar to that found in the other cuttings. The presence of eighteenth- and possibly nineteenth-century material in the layer into which the burials were placed suggests that they represent part of a burial-plot attached to the gaol. The wall may be part of an earlier gaol building. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA013-041008 House - 16th century
  Description

  Ground disturbance works for the Portlaoise and Fort Protector Enhancement Project Phase II at Church Street, Portlaoise, Co. Laois was archaeologically monitored under licence No. 18E0339 by Colm Flynn. The results of the monitoring were summarised as following; ‘It was proposed to construct lighting pillars intermittently along Church Street. To facilitate this, slit trenches were excavated at the location of the lighting pillars, to allow tie-in with the main ESB cable. Two stone walls and a ditch were identified in the first slit trench which is just NW of the corner tower of Fort Protector (LA013-041001-). The walls are 0.2m below existing road level, and are related and form the corner of a building that would have continued northwards. The walls survive as two-course high limestone rubble constructions, with lime mortar bonding. Wall 1 is 0.45m wide (18 inches) and 0.55m high, and appears to continue to the north beyond the limit of works, under the existing roadway. Wall 2 is orientated roughly E x W, and is parallel to the northern wall of Fort Protector, approximately 3.6m from the fort’s wall. There is a grey gravel-rich deposit under the walls (0.12m deep) and this appears to be a foundation or bedding deposit. Possible original natural subsoil is visible below the grey gravel-rich deposit. These walls likely relate to a building that could be contemporary with Fort Protector, and date to the 16th century. A ditch cutting was also identified at the location of the walls. The ditch was identified in section, and extends from the southern edge of Wall 2 for 3.6m to the walls of Fort Protector. The ditch was likely an external ditch around the outer wall of Fort Protector (LA013-041001-) and could date to the 16th century. Although only identified in one slit trench, the ditch appears to be orientated E x W, parallel to the Fort walls. The works in this area are 1m below existing ground level, and the ditch appears to be deeper than this. The walls outlined above are constructed on the upper break of slope of the ditch. Following discussions on site, Laois Co. Co. will ensure that the works do not impact on the walls (and possible building floor that has not been identified), which will be preserved in situ under geotextile’ (Flynn 2021). See attached images provided courtesy of Colm Flynn Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 28 October 2021

• LA013-102 Church
  Description

  Unlocated church within the town of Portlaoise described in 1907 as 'an ancient graveyard occupied the site of the 'ridge' near the town, but no trace of a former church now remains on the spot (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907,vol. 1, 192). According to local tradition there was a church in the immediate vicinity, viz. At the back of Mr Brown's shop on the Ridge Road (O'Dooley n.d. ,5-6). This church was located in graveyard known as the Ridge Graveyard. The Urban Survey recorded that 'the date of the cemetery (LA013-102001-) is unknown. It is possible that it represents a pre-plantation church site, perhaps even the church of the Newtown of Leys' (Bradley et. al. 1986, 54). Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 12 May 2015

• LA013-102001 Graveyard
  Description

  Esker ridge which has been used as a graveyard for the town of Portlaoise, known locally as the 'Ridge Grave Yard'. Described in 1907 as 'an ancient graveyard occupied the site of the 'ridge' near the town, but no trace of a former church now remains on the spot (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, 192). According to local tradition there was a church in the immediate vicinity , viz. At the back of Mr Brown's shop on the Ridge Road (O'Dooley n.d., 5-6) This is the graveyard on the outskirts of Portlaoise town marked on the OS 6-inch maps as the 'Ridge Grave yd.'. The Urban Survey recorded that 'the date of the cemetery is unknown. It is possible that it represents a pre-plantation church site (LA013-102----), perhaps even the church of the Newtown of Leys' (Bradley et. al. 1986, 54). Present remains consist of a narrow long rectangular shaped graveyard (int. dims. 34m N-S; 145m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall of post-medieval date as indicated on current ed. OS 6-inch map. Graveyard contains 18th and 19th century memorials. According to a plaque on the wall of the graveyard this burial ground ceased to be used for burials in 1897 when a new cemetery dedicated to Ss. Peter and Paul in the town of Portlaoise. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 May 2015

Architectural heritage

• Greenville, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830, with a Gibbsian doorcase, flat-roofed two-storey single bay extension to rear. Hipped slate roof with ridge tiles, two chimney stacks in the ridge, cast-iron rainwater goods to original structure. Roughcast walls and plainly rendered quoins to front elevation, square-headed window openings with painted rendered surrounds, painted door surround with blocked architrave and plain archivolt with keystone. One-over-one timber sash windows with convex horns, four-panelled door of c. 1890 with glazed upper panels, single pane to fanlight. Chimney stacks indicate a tripartite internal division. Two limestone steps to entrance open onto front landscaped garden, house set back from Green Road behind low wrought-iron railings on low rendered plinth course with cut-limestone copings, central entrance gate. Rubble limestone walls enclose the side gardens, substantial plainly treated rendered piers for gate to side garden to north. Substantial single-storey mews to the rear at the south with four bays including carriage arch and replacement corrugated-iron roof, windows and doors blocked up. Former privy and fuel storage shed against north wall.

• Newpark, house, 1780–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c. 1800, with a large central glazed porch of c. 1900, with later lean-to extension to the rear with hip-roofed return, modern two-storey flat-roofed bathroom block attached to the south elevation. Hipped slate roof to main structure around internal valley with ridge tiles, artificial slate roof to rear lean-to, lead roof to porch, rendered chimney stacks behind ridge of main roof with taller rendered stacks at lean-to, all with clay chimney pots, original cast iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered front and side elevations, square-headed window openings with rendered surrounds and cut-limestone sills. Six-over-six timber sash windows to front elevation, two-over-two timber sash windows and tripartite casement windows to sides alongside replacement uPVC; fire escapes to both sides. Substantial five-bay single-storey Edwardian classical porch of timber construction on masonry plinth with recessed entrance on south side, pedimented middle bays with modillion cornice to eaves and half-oculus in tympanum. Within porch original round-headed entrance with painted Ionic doorcase of cut-limestone having engaged columns supporting paterae-detailed frieze, carved cornice and glazed timber panelled double door, original metal-framed radial fanlight above. Interior with timber-panelled shutters to window openings, chimneys indicate tripartite internal division. Set back from road in own grounds with tarmacadam forecourt. Formerly landscaped grounds now contain semi-detached housing built c.1965-70.

• Greenbank, house, 1905–1925 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1915, facing west within its own walled grounds on the east side of Coote Street, with two canted bay windows to ground floor flanking the doorcase, later extensions to the south and rear. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles to main block, tall rendered stacks on gable, cast-iron rainwater goods. Walls of ruled-and-lined ashlar effect render, raised stucco quoins on front elevation, square-headed door and window openings with painted sills, pilasters flank the doorcase surmounted by fluted bracket supporting a pediment . One-over-one sliding sash windows to ground floor, two-over-two sliding sash windows to upper floor front and rear and some top hung casement windows to rear ground floor, six-panelled entrance door with single-pane fanlight and sidelights. Set back from the street within its own grounds, roughcast boundary walls with plain piers. Former mews to rear with projecting entrance bay with carriage arch.

• Maryville, house, 1845–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey Regency style villa, built c. 1855, in its own extensive grounds, on a raised basement with south-facing entrance front, flight of steps up to Ionic portico with paired columns supporting a full entablature, four bays to west elevation facing Railway Street, three bays to other elevations with two-storey single-bay lean-to extension in centre of northeast elevation. Hipped slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, double-pile to north elevation, four rendered stacks, cast-iron rainwater goods with gutters supported on paired brackets. Painted roughcast render to raised basement with a continuous platband, smooth render to upper storey, segmental-headed window openings, elliptical-headed entrance doorway flanked by Ionic order columns, pilasters and entablature. Replacement uPVC casement windows, two-leaf entrance door with glazed upper panel. Walled coach yard to north eastern side of house, concealed from view by a tall roughcast wall with outbuildings against the perimeter walls. Set in its own lawns with several mature trees surrounding it.

• Saint Mary's Christian Brothers School, school, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Four-bay two-storey school, dated 1847, corner building of the CBS school complex with an attached monastery building to the north and a later school extension to the west (12504117), three-bay gable end to Church Street and a blocked entrance at the north-east corner. Slate roof with red clay crested ridge tiles, raised coping to gable with cross finial to apex, cast-iron rainwater goods. Long side elevation has ruled and lined ashlar effect render on a low rendered plinth course, the gutters above a brick cornice with saw-tooth lower course, the end gable has plainly rendered walls with brick string courses at sill level and at window arch springing level, square-headed window openings with rendered surrounds and stone sills to long side elevation and to gable elevation raised brick block-and-start surrounds, segmental headed arches to ground floor windows with brick piers between and drop arches to upper storey windows, blind middle light raised up into the gable, raised brick Gibbs surround to entrance doorway wall mounted post box to gable elevation. Replacement multiple-pane casement windows. Low side wall to north with doorway, narrow passageway to side elevation.

• Saint Mary's Christian Brothers School, school, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced seven-bay two-storey school, dated 1906 and designed by James Purcell Wrenn, an extension to the earlier school to the east (12504116) with long elevation flanking Church Street, entrance in eastern bay. Pitched slate roof with cresting to ridge tiles, cast- iron rainwater goods. Ruled and lined ashlar effect render to walls raised on a tall moulded plinth course, two string courses between the storeys terminate on block label stops, the elevation is topped with a heavy moulded cornice, square-headed window and door openings, plain render to windows and door surround, chamfered on outer plane rising from socles, painted and rendered plinths to recessed windows on both floors. Four-over-four pane top-hung casement windows, six-pane over-door light. Rear elevation flanked by a two-storey block built c. 1960.

• Aran House, house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey over basement double-pile house, built c. 1860, with a two-storey lean-to return, now in use as offices. Hipped slate roof with cement ridge tiles, rendered stacks on party wall and on spine wall, cast-iron rainwater goods supported on original paired brackets. Roughcast walls on painted rendered plinth course, square-headed window openings with painted rendered surrounds, elliptical-headed doorcase with wide hollow splayed surrounds, segmental-headed over-door light. Sliding sash windows to front elevation, six-over-six on ground floor, three-over-six to upper floor, rear elevation has six-over-six and three-over six sliding sash windows to ground and upper floors respectively, uPVC windows to basement, round-headed window to upper floor of return, six-panelled front door. Set back behind a garden, bounded by cast-iron railings on a limestone plinth and gate with palmette decorated iron work finial, side entrance with slim rendered piers, cobbled path to side. A water pump against the rubble stone garden wall.

• Ivyleigh House, house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey over basement double-pile house, built c. 1860, with a two-storey pitched-roof return, now in use as a B&B. Hipped slate roof with cement ridge tiles, rendered stacks on party wall and on spine wall, cast-iron rainwater goods supported on original paired brackets. Roughcast walls on painted rendered plinth course, square-headed window openings with painted rendered surrounds, elliptical-headed doorcase with wide hollow splayed surrounds, segmental-headed over-door light. uPVC windows to front elevation, window shutters intact; side elevation has a casement window and French-doors to ground floor, upper floor has three-over-six sliding sash windows with convex horns, rear elevation has four-over-four, six-over-six and three-over six sliding sash windows to basement, ground and upper floors respectively, round-headed to upper floor of return, replacement front door. Set back behind a garden framed by cast-iron railings on a limestone plinth, a gate with palmette decorated iron work finial, side entrance with slim rendered piers.

• Portlaoise Railway Station, railway station, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached asymmetrical four-bay two-storey Tudor Gothic style railway station, opened 1847, incorporating station master's house, built against the railway embankment. Steeply pitched artifical slate roof, limestone ashlar chimney stack plinths with brick stacks and clay pots, one a diagonal stack arrangement on the eastern advanced gable, the other stack placed externally against south wall of eastern bay, rising through two storeys, decorative timber bargeboards, cast- iron rainwater goods. Squared snecked ashlar limestone walls on a plinth course, variety of window openings with splayed ashlar surrounds including square-headed, lancet and multi-centered, central bay has square-headed windows, three lights to upper storey, square-headed oriel window in advanced gabled bay supported on a wide buttress with elaborate weatherings and pierced by a pair of lancets lighting the ground floor apartment below, square-headed lucarne window and four-centered door opening with over-light in well cut limestone on the east elevation of the advanced gable bay, narrow square-headed openings flank the chimney stack of the eastern bay, blind window to toilet extension; a shield charged with monogram SW (Sancton Wood) on the advanced gable and heraldic shield under a square hoodmould charged with GSWR (Great Southern & Western Railway Co.) on the tall external stack. Replacement uPVC casement windows and sheeted timber door. Tarmacadamed path and patio bordering the house with garden to the front.

• Portlaoise Railway Station, railway station, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached asymmetrical four-bay two-storey Tudor Gothic style railway station, opened 1847, incorporating the station master's house, built against the railway embankment, asymmetrical two-storey façade facing the town, comprising entrance on side elevation, flanked by a single-storey pitched roofed bay and formerly open porch (former ticket office), main block double-pile plan with a lower advanced gabled bay to south and a narrower and shallower two-storey toilet extension at east end, northern trackside elevation single-storey with asymmetrical advanced gabled end bays, with waiting room in north gabled bay and offices in south gable, flanking lower central arcaded platform bays, stairwell to exterior incorporated behind platform arcade of two bays with wooden columns. Pitched slate roofs with artificial slate on section over station master's house, limestone ashlar chimney stack plinths with brick stacks and clay pots, decorative timber bargeboards. Snecked ashlar limestone walls on a plinth course, upper storey to tall advanced gable ended bay corbelled out, stone flags to lower central arcaded platform, snecked limestone ashlar walls flanking stairs from street level, enlivening variety of window and door openings including square, round-arched, pointed and multi-centered headed openings with chamfered ashlar surrounds, blind openings to tall advanced gable ended bay. Timber sliding sashes with horizontal glazing bars and uPVC replacement windows. Flanked by snecked rock cut limestone embankment wall.

• Portlaoise Methodist Church, church/chapel, 1880–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detatched four-bay double-height, Gothic Revival style Methodist church, built 1883. Orientated north-east to south-west, with flanking single-storey aisles, a gabled porch at north-east and an L-plan vestry attached to the south-east, clasping buttresses between the bays and flanking the entrance porch. Steeply pitched slate roof with crested roof ridge and rows of ventilators, lean-to slate aisle roofs, limestone ashlar copings to gables, tall cut-stone stack to vestry gable and single gabled bell-cote on west gable, cast-iron rainwater goods supported on plain corbel brackets. Evenly-coursed rock-cut limestone walls with lighter coloured ashlar quality oolitic limestone surrounds to windows and doors, paired lancets to aisle bays under a common hood mould, occuli to nave clerestory with pointed hood moulds, triple-light west window with uncusped roundels in the head of the arch; arch to porch supported on a single order with detached polished marble shafts and foliaged capitals. Windows screened by storm glazing, replacement sheeted timber doors. Set within a D-shaped plot on the corner of Railway Street opposite the station, with surrounding walls of roughly coursed limestone, the adjacent rendered twentieth century structure within its curtilage reflects the style of the church, incorporating an occuli, lancet head door opening and corner quoins.

• House, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  End of terrace two-bay two-storey, stripped classical style house, built c. 1940 with advanced entrance porch. Low pitched hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, overhanging eaves, gabled central portion at tall rendered chimney stack with overhanging verge, moulded cast-iron rainwater goods, U profile gutters and square downpipes. Ruled and lined ashlar effect render to ground floor and roughcast render upper storey, ground-floor canted bay window recessed under segmental-arch, square-headed windows to upper storey, and square-headed door with rectangular fanlight, tall plinth course under a plat band continuous with sill level and broken by entrance door, plat band with drop key stones above ground floor openings and plat band under upper storey openings, side entrance door and window recessed at 45 degree angle within segmental-headed arch. Replacement uPVC windows to front, original horizontal pane two-over-two sliding sash timber frame windows to side and rear elevation, original horizontal four-panelled front door, two panel side door with upper half glazed with margin panes. Two steps to entrance, set back behind a narrow continuous step above a narrow footpath. Rendered square piers and gate to side entrance.

• House, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Mid-terrace two-bay two-storey, stripped classical style house built c. 1940, with advanced entrance porch. Low pitched slate roof with overhanging eaves, clay ridge tiles, tall rendered stack on party wall, moulded cast-iron rainwater goods, U profile gutters and square downpipes. Ruled and lined ashlar effect render to ground floor and roughcast render upper storey, ground floor canted bay window recessed under segmental-arch, square-headed windows to upper storey, and square-headed door with rectangular fanlight, tall plinth course under a plat band continuous with sill level and broken by entrance door, plat band with drop key stones above ground floor openings and plat band under upper storey openings. Replacement uPVC windows, four-panelled front door. Two steps to entrance, set back behind a narrow continuous step above a narrow footpath

• House, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Mid-terrace two-bay two-storey, stripped classical style house built c.1940, with advanced entrance porch. Low pitched slate roof with overhanging eaves, clay ridge tiles, tall rendered stack on party wall, , moulded cast-iron rainwater goods, U profile gutters and square downpipes. Ruled and lined ashlar effect render to ground floor and roughcast render upper storey, ground floor canted bay window recessed under segmental-arch, square-headed windows to upper storey, and square-headed door with rectangular fanlight, tall plinth course under a plat band continuous with sill level and broken by entrance door, plat band with drop key stones above ground floor openings and plat band under upper storey openings. Replacement uPVC windows, four-panelled front door. Two steps to entrance, set back behind a narrow continuous step above a narrow footpath

• House, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  End of terrace three-bay two-storey, stripped classical style house, built c. 1940. Low pitched hipped replacement roof, overhanging eaves, rendered chimney stack to gable wall, moulded cast-iron rainwater goods, U profile gutters and square downpipes. Ruled and lined ashlar effect render to ground floor and roughcast render upper storey, ground floor canted bay window recessed under segmental-arch, square-headed windows to upper storey, square-headed door with rectangular fanlight, tall plinth course under a plat band continuous with sill level and broken by entrance door, plat band with drop key stones above ground floor openings and plat band under upper storey openings, side entrance door and window recessed at 45 degree angles within segmental headed arch. Replacment uPVC windows, original horizontal four-panelled front door. Two steps to entrance door, set back behind a narrow continuous step above a narrow footpath. Rendered square piers and gate to side entrance.

• House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830. Replacement slate roof with two tall rendered stacks on the party walls and cast iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls over a painted rendered plinth course, square-headed door and window openings, painted rendered surrounds and painted sills to windows, ground floor windows boarded, one-over-one timber sliding sash windows with ogee horns to upper floor, replacement door with glazed section boarded. Opens directly onto the footpath with a single step to door. Long plot to the rear bounded by a rubble stone wall. Outbuilding of roughly coursed granite blocks with corrugated metal roof.

• House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house , built c. 1830, with carriage arch to the southern end bay. Replacement slate roof stepped up at the carriage arch bay, tall rendered stacks on the party walls and at the step of the roof profile, cast-iron rainwater goods with original hoppers. Roughcast walls over a painted rendered plinth course to front and rear, square-headed door and window openings, painted rendered surrounds. Two-over-two sliding sash windows with convex horns to upper floor, uPVC to ground floor, four-panel door with rectangular plain glazed fanlight. Opens directly onto footpath with a single step to the door. Long plots to the rear bounded by a rubble stone wall. Outbuilding of roughly coursed, granite limewashed blocks with corrugated metal roof.

• House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830. Slate roof, two tall rendered stacks on the party walls and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls over a painted rendered plinth course, square-headed door and window openings, painted rendered surrounds and painted sills. Replacement uPVC windows and replacement timber door with plain glazed rectangular fanlight. Opens directly onto the footpath. Long plots to the rear bounded by a rubble stone wall. Outbuilding of roughly coursed granite blocks.

• House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, built c.1830. Slate roof, two tall rendered stacks on the party walls and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls over a painted rendered plinth course, square-headed door and window openings, painted rendered surrounds and painted sills. One-over-one sliding sash windows with ogee horns, replacement timber door with plain glazed rectangular fanlight. Opens directly onto the footpath. It was originally a mid-terrace house but buildings to the south have since been demolished.

• House, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced five-bay three-storey town house, built c. 1820, incorporating a segmental-headed carriage arch in the south bay, early twentieth century shop front to two northern bays, now in use as a business premises. Slate roof, substantial rendered stacks to northern party-wall and at carriage-arch bay with tall clay pots, cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled and lined ashlar effect rendered walls with painted limestone plinth course and later raised stucco quoins, square-headed openings to windows, plain render surrounds and painted limestone sills. One-over-one timber sliding sash windows to ground floor with ogee horns, uPVC windows to upper floors. Shopfront with fluted pilasters on plinth blocks framing a large single pane window and with recessed door to one side, decorative tiles to the entrance porch, fascia behind modern nameboard which may conceal remnants of an early awning system. Internally ground floor windows have intact wooden shutters, original shutters with raised and fielded panelling and later shutters with flat panelling and moulded surrounds contemporary with the sliding sash windows. Opens directly onto the footpath with jostle stones to carriage arch jambs.

• House, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay three-storey town house, built c.1820, shop inserted to ground floor, modern two-storey extension to rear. Pitched slate roof, large rendered stacks on party wall and rebuilt stack to end gable, uPVC rainwater goods. Ruled and lined ashlar effect render on a stucco plinth course, stone cornice and later raised stucco quoins, square-headed window openings with limestone sills, round-headed Gibbsian surround with fanlight to entrance door, feathering and tooling marks indicate stonework. One-over-one timber sliding sash windows with ogee horns, eight panelled entrance door with raised and fielded paneling. Replacement shopfront with stucco blocked pilasters framing the window and door and supporting the fasciaboard with scrolled brackets forming its ends. Opens directly to footpath with access lane to side.

• Bank of Ireland, outbuilding, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey outbuilding, built c.1850, in the yard of the former Bank of Ireland bank. Was in use as a fuel store. Replacement corrugated iron roof, cast-iron rainwater goods. Hammer-dressed limestone blocks in courses with squared quoins and jambs to openings, brick cornice. Brick arches to openings with recessed doors, middle bay now blocked. Tall screen wall to east with coping stones. Part of the former yard complex which included sheds, stable and coach house (now gone) in the yard to the south of the former bank and screened behind a curved garden wall.

• Bank of Ireland, bank/financial institution, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over raised basement former bank, built 1850, with recessed Doric surround doorcase approached by steps, two-storey lean-to and single storey flat-roofed extensions to side elevations, remodelled c. 1879 and c. 1921, now in use as a social club. Hipped slated roof concealed behind parapet, brick chimneystacks, cast-iron downpipes on side and rear elevations. Front elevation has banded rustication to basement and ground floors, wide plat band below rendered upper storey; side elevations ruled and lined painted ashlar effect render; plain render to rear elevation. Square-headed window openings with round-headed window and blocked window on rear elevation, windows shallowly recessed on ground floor front elevation and raised stucco surround to upper floor, render surround to other elevations, Greek revival Doric doorcase set within elliptical arch, metal-framed radial fanlight over. uPVC windows, timber casements to single storey extensions, replacement panelled door. Wide granite steps lead up to front door, set back from the street behind a long run of cast-iron railings and gates on a hammer-dressed limestone plinth course. Tall curved roughly coursed limestone walls to either side of the building with former yard and fuel store (12504167) to south. Roughly coursed limestone boundary wall to the south with tall square pier of dressed limestone.

• 4th Battalion Leinster Regiment Memorial, monument, 1925–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Hiberno Romanesque-style memorial, unveiled 1928, on a square plan. Repositioned, 2001. Set in park.

• Church/chapel, 1540–1580 · Regional interest
  Description

  An early modern church ruin, built c. 1556. A three stage, west tower survives, built with a mixture of roughly coursed limestone and sandstone blocks with flat lintel doorway at ground floor level in the east wall, indicating that the tower was at the west end of the church. Flat-headed window on second floor east wall below belfry stage and tall round-headed windows in the upper stage facing in cardinal directions. Put-log holes to second stage. A tall recess at first floor level in the interior of the east wall may indicate an entrance to a gallery level at the west end of the church. Set within partially walled graveyard, south west of former Maryborough Fort.

• Office, 1935–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached six-bay two-storey, retail and office building, dated 1936, in stripped classical style, with advanced pediment over entrance bay supported on pilasters framing middle window, former pedimented carriage arch to south joining façade of former library and giving seven-bay ground floor effect to building, now with a shop at ground floor. Roof concealed behind parapet, rendered stacks on the gables, cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled and lined ashlar effect render to upper storey with stucco platband above shopfront and second platband below parapet, raised lettering '1936 GAZE & GESSOP Ltd' below pediment, square-headed window openings. Replacement casement windows to upper floor. Shop façade divided into six bays, the entrance in the fourth bay, plinth course, paired pilasters between window bays with single pilasters to end bays, wide single pilasters framing glazed panelled entrance door with side and top lights, pilasters supporting the entablature.

• Scoil na gCeard, school, 1915–1935 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey former Vocational Educational School in a stripped classical style, built c. 1925, three bays deep with attic storey and advanced middle entrance bay, later major extensions to the rear, also used as a Christian Brothers School, now vacant. Hipped slate roof, tall rendered stacks to end walls, cast-iron rainwater goods. Plain rendered walls, plain entablature and cornice, square-headed window openings plainly treated and square-headed entrance doorway with raised stucco surround. Nine paned casement windows to front and east, sixteen panes to Railway Street, double-leaf entrance doorway with plain lower panels and glazed upper with margin panes. Set back from the street at the corner of Church Street and Railway Street and within Maryborough Fort. The perimeter walls are massively thick and battered and may incorporate sections of the fort's walls. Rendered massive gate piers in Egyptian pylon form, bicycle sheds behind the walls.

• House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1900, located within the former Maryborough Fort, with tw-storey bay window and two-storey return. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, tall brick chimneystacks on gable and gable of return, cast-iron moulded gutters and square downpipes. English garden wall bond, red brick front elevation, rendered side and rear elevations, cut limestone plat band continuous with stone sills of first floor windows, square-headed window openings have brick surrounds, round headed limestone arch with keystone to porch. One-over-one timber sliding sash windows, two panelled door with margin panes to upper half. Set behind garden fronted by heavy battered boundary wall, ruled and line render with coping stones; random limestone rubble wall to side flanking school yard of former school.

• House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1900, located within the former Maryborough Fort, with tw-storey bay window and two-storey return. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, tall brick chimneystacks on gable and gable of return, cast-iron moulded gutters and square downpipes. English garden wall bond, red brick front elevation, rendered side and rear elevations, cut limestone plat band continuous with stone sills of first floor windows, square-headed window openings have brick surrounds, round headed limestone arch with keystone to porch. One-over-one timber sliding sash windows, two panelled door with margin panes to upper half. Set behind garden fronted by heavy battered boundary wall, ruled and line render with coping stones; side passage gives access to rear, flanked by random limestone wall of outbuildings to the east.

• Fort of Maryborough, fortification, 1550–1580 · National interest
  Description

  A square walled fort, built c. 1560, on rising ground south-west of the river Triogue, its outline enclosing about one hectare. It substantially survives and standing sections include most of the north and east walls and portions of the west and south wall with an impressive round bastion to the north-east corner. It is built of limestone rubble with a pronounced batter to the north wall, bastion and particularly evident on the shortened and rendered sections at the junction of Church Street and Railway Street. The round bastion is twelve metres in diameter, one and a half metres thick at the base and one metre at the top. A square tower at the south-west corner, illustrated in the late eighteenth-century views, no longer survives. The entrance was in the west wall, in the portion now missing along Railway Street. There is map evidence that there were substantial earthen ramparts inside the walls providing defence against artillery and a fighting platform. Its function as a fort was relatively short lived, the interior and possibly part of the defensive walls were dismantled by Colonel John Hewson in 1652-3 at the end of the Cromwellian wars. A 1721 map and the 1839 OS map indicate it contained barracks. New barracks were built to the south-west of Main Street in 1831. Gradually colonised during the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth-century, it is surrounded by the Catholic quarter on two sides, two schools were built within its circuit, in the south-east and north-west corners. The remaining section of the Odlum's Mills complex at the north-eastern corner is now a town council depot. There are also several houses and outbuilding within the fort. Sections of wall appear to have been incorporated into the garden boundary wall of two houses (12504197 & 12504198).

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, with enclosed front area, side entrance and small two-storey return, attached to two-storey stone outbuilding. Pitched artificial slate roof, natural slate to rear pitch, cement ridge tiles, rendered chimneystack to either end, plastic rainwater goods on plastic fascia. Cement rendered walling, pebbledash rendered to side and rear elevations. Square-headed window openings, patent rendered reveals, painted stone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Central round-headed door opening, replacement timber panelled door, original spoked timber fanlight, tiled step opening into front area enclosed by rendered wall and wrought-iron pedestrian gate. Rubble-stone outbuildings to rear with corrugated-iron roofs.

• House, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-storey over raised basement late Georgian house, built c. 1810, with a plain gable end and two-storey return to rear now in use as offices. Gable ended slate roof behind parapet to front elevation, tall and wide rendered stacks on gable and party wall with tall clay pots and gable wall of return, cast iron rainwater goods to main block with uPVC goods to return. Rough-cast render to upper elevations, plat band continuous with first floor windows sills, and plat band between ground and basement level, ruled-and-lined ashlar effect render to raised basement on front elevation, raised stucco quoins to front and smooth render to return. Square-headed window openings with smooth render surrounds, segmental arched doorcase with original metal-framed petal leaf fanlight above wooden architrave and wide painted surrounds to door. Replacement six-over-six top-hung casement windows, three-over- three at basement level, one-over-one on rear elevation and six panel timber front door. Entrance approached by flight of steps, set back from street with front garden bounded by cast-iron railings on a tall limestone plinth, hammer dressed limestone blocks to corner pier. Mews to rear accessed by lane to side. Rear bounded by roughly coursed limestone rubble wall.

• House, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Mid-terrace two-storey over raised basement Late Georgian house, built c. 1810, with a two-storey return to rear. Slate roof with sky lights behind pararpet to front elevation, tall and wide rendered stacks on party walls and return gable, cast-iron rainwater goods to rear and return. Roughcast render to upper elevations, plat band continuous with first floor windows sills, raised stucco quoins to front and later smooth render to rear elevation and return, square-headed openings to windows with smooth render surrounds, segmental arched door case with original metal-framed petal leaf fanlight above wooden architrave and wide painted surrounds to door. Six-over-six timber sliding sash windows, an eight-over-eight window on return, six panel timber front door. Entrance approached by a flight of steps, set back from Coote Street with front garden bounded by cast-iron railings on a tall limestone plinth. Mews building to rear. Rear partly surfaced with cobbles and bounded by roughly coursed limestone rubble wall.

• House, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-storey over raised basement Late Georgian house, built c. 1810, with a plain gable end and a modern two-storey return to rear. Gable-ended slate roof behind parapet to front elevation, tall and wide rendered stacks on gable and party walls, cast-iron rainwater goods to main block with uPVC goods to return. Rough-cast render to upper elevations, plat band continuous with first floor windows sills and plat band between ground and basement level, ruled-and-lined ashlar effect render to raised basement on front elevation, raised stucco quoins to front. Square-headed window openings with smooth render surrounds, segmental arched doorcase with restored metal-framed radial fanlight above wooden architrave and wide painted surrounds to door. Replacement six-over-six timber sliding sash windows, four-over-eight at basement level, and six-panelled front door. Entrance approached by a flight of steps, set back from Coote Street with front garden bounded by cast-iron railings on a tall limestone plinth, hammer dressed limestone blocks to corner pier. Mews building to rear accessed by lane to side. Rear bounded by roughly coursed limestone rubble wall.

• The Old Maltings, maltings, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay double-height malting building, built c.1865, with a centrally located, gable fronted tower extending above roof level, now disused. Pitched artifical slate roof. Coursed limestone rubble wall, round-arched windows to ground floor and tall segmental-headed carriageway arch with cut stone surrounds. Red brick tower with cut stone quoins, double round-arched windows with cut stone surrounds and plat band at sill level. Remains of a clock on gable below the apex, hipped roof of malt kilns to rear.

• The Old Maltings, building misc, 1865–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey, Italianate style, ashlar limestone and red brick, former malting manager's house, built c. 1880, comprising advanced gabled north bay, three-stage tower with hipped roof in re-entrant angle, entrance porch to south elevation of tower and two-storey elevation to rear with long north return, now in use as offices. Pitched slate roof with cut-stone copings, tall red brick stack with clay pots on west gable and second rendered stack on north wall, cast- iron rainwater goods supported on brick corbels. Ground floor walls of limestone ashlar with rock-cut raised quoins to tower and advanced bay, plat band between floors and upper floor of red brick with moulded yellow brick eaves course between gutter corbels, limestone quoins and string course continuous with sills, rear elevation ruled-and-lined in ashlar effect plain render. Square-headed window openings to ground floor with raised architrave surrounds and brackets supporting sills, upper floor windows have segmental heads with raised lugged architraves and keystones, arched windows to third storey of tower with raised architraves and keystones, square headed windows to rear elevation with cut-stone 'block and start' architraves, factory clock on rear elevation, round-headed entrance door with entablature supported on massive brackets above pilasters and square-headed rear door with cut-stone blocked architraves. One-over-one sliding sash windows with ogee horns to front, two-over-two sash windows and uPVC windows to rear and four-panelled entrance door. Fine cornice to interior, ceiling rose and paneled shutters to entrance hall and drawing room respectively. Cast-iron railings with fleur-de-lys finials to the side separate the house from the former maltings.

• The Old Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1835–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey over raised basement former rectory, built c. 1840, now in use as offices. Gable ended slate roof with four tall, rendered stacks on gable ends and each side of entrance hall, uPVC gutters and downpipes. Roughcast walls to front and side and smooth rendered plinth to south gable. Square-headed window openings with painted rendered surrounds, ground floor bay window c. 1900 on raised plinth to side elevation, elliptical arch to door with Tuscan order doorcase and timber radial fanlight. uPVC windows to front, one-over-one timber sash windows with convex horns to bay window, six-panelled front door. Flight of limestone steps with hammer-dressed threads and wrought-iron hand railings. Set back from street with garden fronted by wrought-and cast-iron railings on low hammer-dressed limestone plinth course. Tall square piers of hammer-dressed limestone blocks to side entrance with cast-iron gates provide access to rear.

• House, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey, Italianate style house, built 1880, with advanced end bay now in use as offices. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, two rendered chimney stacks to end bay and further moulded stack to party wall, cast- iron rainwater goods with brick corbels to gutters. Plain ruled and lined ashlar effect render to ground floor,first floor red brick separated by a plat-band, continuous with first floor sills, moulded yellow brick eaves course, raised cut-limestone corner quoins, side elevation similar to front, roughcast render to rear. Square headed cut limestone surrounds to door and windows of front and side elevations, ground floor windows with an entablature with fluted frieze, doorcase surmounted by dentil-decorated pediment on fluted brackets, raised rendered architraves and limestone sills to rear elevation. Two-over-two timber sliding sash windows with ogee horns, uPVC windows to rear and original four panelled entrance door. Set back from the road behind cast-iron railings on a tall plinth of rubble limestone and rendered coping, well-detailed gate piers comprising tall plinth supporting column with gadrooned conical cap, gates in matching style to the railings.

• House, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey Italianate style house, built in 1880, with advanced end bay, now in use as offices. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, two rendered chimney stacks to end bay and further moulded stack to party wall, cast iron rainwater goods with brick corbels to gutters. Plain ruled and lined ashlar effect render to ground floor,first floor red brick separated by a plat-band, continuous with first floor sills, moulded yellow brick eaves course, raised cut-limestone corner quoins, side elevation similar to front, roughcast render to rear. Square headed painted cut limestone surrounds to door and windows of front and side elevations, ground floor windows with an entablature with fluted frieze, doorcase surmounted by dentil-decorated pediment supported on fluted brackets, raised rendered architraves and limestone sills to rear elevation. Replacement casement windows, uPVC windows to rear, original four-panelled entrance door. Set back from the road behind cast-iron railings on a tall plinth of rubble limestone and rendered coping to the front, well-detailed gate piers have tall plinths supporting columns with gadrooned conical caps, gates in matching style to the railings.

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1540–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  An early modern graveyard and church ruin, in use between c. 1540 and c. 1800, set in the apex between Church Street and Railway Street, walled to the east and south, behind houses and shops on Church Street and also flanked by the former prison to the south. Rubble stone walls and cast-iron entrance gate in the east wall. Now overgrown.

• Saint Mary's Christian Brothers School, monastery, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached five-bays two-storey L-plan Christian Brothers monastery, built c. 1900, attached to earlier school buildings to the south (12504116) and west (12504117), advanced central two-storey gabled entrance bay, three-bay two-storey wing to the north-west and two-storey return and toilet block attached to the east forming a double pile, flanked to the south by a two-storey single-bay lean-to extension. Hipped slate roof, clay crested ridge tiles, tall plainly rendered stacks and cast-iron rainwater goods, overhanging eaves to gabled wing, stone coping to gable entrance terminating with gablets. Ruled and lined ashlar render walls. Entrance elevation and north wing have a tall moulded plinth course which incorporates the ground floor window sills, Square-headed window openings with chamfered outer plane rising from socles, wide centered entrance arch with door recessed, blind oculus in stucco below an oriel window in upper storey. Eight pane top-hung casement windows to main block, stained-glass windows to upper bays of wing, uPVC windows to remainder, double-leaf door with sidelights.

• Post box, 1910–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, erected c. 1915, with raised "GR" royal cipher. Foundry name J.T. Allen & Co. London. Set in the plain painted render of the gable wall of the Christian Brothers School.

• Portlaoise Railway Station, foot bridge, 1880–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch cast-iron footbridge over railway line, built c. 1890. Flat arch above track, supported by four cast iron columns on either side of the track, approached by flights of sixteen iron flagged steps with a further six steps at a 90 degree angle, lattice work parapets with curved iron buttress brackets over track, decorative motifs including flowers and quatrefoils, cast-iron plaque.

• Vent pipe, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron sewer vent pipe, c. 1880, on road beside the railway bridge, with a tall banded base below tall venting pipe.

• Post box, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box,erected c.1905, with raised "ER" royal cipher, no longer in use. Set into the plain rubble wall on Green Road. Missing its box door

• Portlaoise Railway Station, building misc, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey railway waiting room, built c. 1847, with projecting entrance porch on south gable and remodelled platform façade c. 2000. Steeply pitched slate roof with plain overhanging barge boards to gable ends, three tall stacks with modern render to base and brick upper stage, cast-iron rainwater goods. Hammer-dressed snecked limestone walling, blind arcades to rear elevation with low clasping buttresses, square-headed windows and doors, brick surround to windows in rear elevation, full height windows and door openings to remodeled platform elevation in new materials. The waiting room opens directly onto the platform.

• Portlaoise Railway Station, post box, 1880–1901 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, erected c.1890, with raised "VR" royal cipher. Set into the punch dressed limestone ashlar walling of the railway station.

• Ridge Graveyard, graveyard/cemetery, 1650–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Glacial Esker formed during the Ice Age and used as burial ground since c. 1650. The esker extends from near Timahoe to beyond Tullamore and was used as a road in medieval times. It contains several upstanding stone grave markers dating from c. 1700 to 1890 and is enclosed by coursed rubble stone wall c. 1800 with rough-hewn limestone coping and steel railing c. 2005, running along Ridge Road. The site is accessed by an iron turn-stile on a pair of large stone piers with cement capstones.

• Portleix House, outbuilding, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached six-bay two-storey rendered outbuilding, built c. 1820, attached to outbuilding (12505149) forming rear yard to Portleix House. Pitched artificial slate roof, clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron gutter to stone-flagged eaves, cast-iron hopper and downpipes. Pebbledash walls, square-headed window and door openings, limestone (tooled) sills, concrete overband to two door openings. Three-over-six timber sash windows, vertically-sheeted timber doors. Gravel yard forming courtyard to Portleix House.

• Portleix House, outbuilding, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached four-bay two-storey rendered outbuilding, built c. 1820, attached to outbuilding to north (12505147), forming rear yard to Portleix House, lean-to to south gable. Remains of pitched slate roof, terracotta ridge tiles, steel gutter, cast-iron hopper and downpipe. Pebbledash walls, concrete overhangs to openings on ground floor, square-headed window and door openings, concrete sills. Timber casement windows, three vertically-sheeted timber doors to east elevation, two sheet-metal vehicular doors to east elevation, further sheet-metal door to west elevation.

• Portleix House, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay three-storey over-basement double-pile, built c. 1810, with two-bay two-storey over-basement annexe to north. M-profile slate roof with clay ridge tiles, pitched roof to north annexe, rendered chimneystack to either end, north gable chimney incorporates chimney to annexe with further rendered chimneystack to annexe north gable, sat-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledash walls, rendered quoins, rendered eaves course, smooth render to basement. Square-headed window openings with patent rendered reveals, tooled limestone sills. One-over-one timber sash windows with ogee horns c.1 950, uPVC to ground floor of annexe, three-over-three timber sash windows to basement with decorative cast-iron grilles. To rear three-over-six to second floor, six-over-six to first floor, three-over-six to ground floor, replacement timber casement to one basement ope, blocked up to remainder, canted oriel window to north gable with lead roof, single-pane timber sash windows and timber panels supported on timber brackets, semi-elliptical headed front door opening with bowed-moulded reveal containing timber Doric doorcase comprising early nine flat-panelled timber door flanked by timber Doric engaged columns on timber plinth blocks, fluted timber lintel cornice and spoked timber fanlight over, timber Doric portico comprising fluted timber responding pilasters with cabling to lower third and pair of timber fluted Doric columns with cabling to lower third, on limestone (tooled) bases supporting full Doric entablature, lime plaster ceiling to Portico with decorative foliate cornice. Lath and plaster work exposed in damaged area. Staircase, joinery, plasterwork and flooring intact to interior. Limestone ashlar flagged platform and three limestone steps with pair of original wrought-iron bootscrapers, decorative spear-headed wrought-iron gate to either side of platform and concrete steps to basement area, basement enclosed by low rendered wall with saddleback limestone ashlar coping and wrought-iron spear-headed railing. Tall screen wall to south with pair of two-storey outbuildings forming yard to rear, 12505147 and 12505149.

• Sacred Heart Primary School, school, 1930–1935 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached seven-bay two-storey over concealed basement, national school , foundation stone laid 1930, multi-bay two-storey rear section, built c.1950, attached to rear of earlier school, built c. 1880 (12505167). Hipped slate roof, clay ridge tiles, square-plan copper lantern to centre of ridge, brick chimneystack to rear pitch, uPVC rainwater goods to overhanging rendered eaves with concave eaves cornice. Painted cement rendered walls with raised projecting rendered plinth course to ground floor sills level and stepped detail below eaves level, shallow breakfront to front elevation with rendered panel flanking window openings and continuing below eaves level, having limestone plaque to centre "SCOIL NÁISIÚNTÁ", plain rendered panel between first and second floors with raised Gaelic lettering "SCOIL AN CLOCAIR PORTLAOISE", shallow niche to either end with semi-circular plinth supported by single concave corbel, with a statue of Jesus and of Mary. Square-headed window and door openings with concrete sills. uPVC windows, replacement timber panelled doors and 12-pane timber overlights to north elevation. Interior with intact decorative ceramic dado wall tiling, original joinery and decorative religious details. Doors open onto projecting concrete steps with rounded corners, site enclosed to street by curved rendered wall with stepped saddleback coping, decorative ironwork railings and two pairs of decorative iron gates for vehicular access, tarmacadam yard. Multi-bay two-storey extension to east and rear built c.1950, attached to rear of 1880s school. Formerly flat-roofed, now with single-pitch artificial slate roof extending across rear pitch of 1880s school, metal gutter and cast-iron downpipes, flat-roof single-storey section to southeast. Pebbledash rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth course, square-headed window openings with concrete sills. uPVC windows and door.

• Sacred Heart Primary School, school, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached seven-bay two-storey national school, built c.1880, with full-height gabled entrance hall, attached to rear of 1930s school (12505166). Hipped artificial slate roof, synthetic ridge tiles, ogee cast-iron gutter on red and yellow brick eaves course, cast-iron downpipes, decorative pierced bargeboard to entrance gable. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, round-headed window to first floor of entrance gable, segmental-headed to ground floor, segmental-headed door opening to west side of entrance gable; all with replacement uPVC door and overlight, and windows. Tarmacadam yard.

• Sacred Heart Primary School, school, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey national school, built c. 1850. Hipped artificial slate roof, cement ridge tiles, two rooflights to rear pitch, uPVC rainwater goods to timber fascia. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walls. Segmental-headed window openings, four above door level and larger central opening, painted limestone sills, square-headed door opening with limestone sill of window above serving as lintel. uPVC windows, replacement timber panelled door and original limestone step.

• Presentation Convent, convent/nunnery, 1820–1840 · National interest
  Description

  Nine-bay three-storey over basement convent, built c. 1830 advanced and pedimented middle entrance bay surmounted by a cross at apex and with glass porch enclosing entrance door, incorporating the truncated remains of circular tower, built c. 1560, heightened 1872, now disused. The garden front is comprises a two-storey gabled entrance with bell-cote at apex, approached by a flight of steps, flanked by advanced gabled wings - a chapel and classroom (former chapel) wing, the south advanced gabled wing extended with twentieth-century two-storey flat-roof seven-bay bow. Slate roof with clay ridge tiles, hipped to main block, conical roof to tower, tall rendered stacks, cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled and lined ashlar painted render, plat bands divide the storeys below a heavy moulded cornice, large variety of openings - square-headed, triangular, lancet and round-headed, moulded jambs to the lancet window on the first floor entrance bay with a statue bracket at sill level, raised architrave around the garden front door with side lights within a round arch with bracketed niche in the tympanum, round-headed graduated triplet in the storey above, flanked by narrow square-headed lights above round-headed examples below. Openings blocked, some with sash windows visible. Set behind a high boundary wall and shallow garden flanking the street and formal garden to the rear with a pair of statue plinths, orangery to north side, informal rockery/grotto to the east end and footbridge over the Triogue River. Decorative ironwork to gates at front and rear.

• Shop/retail outlet, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached corner-sited, two-storey commercial building, built c. 1905, street-fronted with five bays on Main Street, a chamfered corner with single-bay frontispiece and seven bays to Church Avenue, with a continuous shopfront to both elevations, incorporating three or four earlier terraced buildings. Multi-bay two-storey brick and concrete extension added to rear c. 1965. Pitched artificial slate roof, hipped to corner, with black clay ridge tiles. Raised parapet wall to chamfered corner forming a pediment with cornice and ball finial. Steel gutter and steel downpipe to south, steel gutter on moulded eaves cornice with square-profile cast-iron downpipe to east. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling, horizontally rusticated to corner frontispiece with heavy moulded cornice to east elevation only, and machine-cut limestone-clad plinth course to both elevations. Square-headed window openings, architrave surrounds with painted stone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Moulded pediment above window opening to frontispiece with starburst tympanum. Frameless glazed shopfront with timber pilasters and brackets with angled timber fascia.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached four-bay two-storey former pair of houses built c. 1880, modern timber shopfront to ground floor, extended to the rear, now in use as public house. Pitched artificial slate roof, black clay ridge tiles and central rendered chimneystack and clay pots, behind raised parapet wall with cement coping and central cast-iron hopper and downpipe. Painted rendered walling. Square-headed window openings, smooth rendered surrounds and uPVC windows. Traditional-style timber shopfront spans entire four bays with multi-pane display window, timber stall risers and limestone-clad plinth course, large pilasters and brackets with timber fascia above two pairs of double-leaf timber panelled doors, with an early white marble step to west door opening.

• House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880, with replica timber shopfront, now in use as commercial premises. An integral carriage arch to the east leads to rear. Extensively renovated c.2006, with contemporary extension and contemporary interior. Pitched artificial slate roof, synthetic ridge tiles, and plastic rainwater goods. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, two-over-two timber sash windows with ogee horns. Symmetrical timber shopfront replicated from original early 20th century shopfront comprising stainless steel fascia and a pair of fixed-pane display windows on timber stall risers with applied timber colonettes. Recessed entrance with side glazing and door matching that of front and contemporary timber glazed door. Square-headed carriage arch opening is lined in steel cladding with timber doors.

• Post office, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached four-bay three-storey commercial building, formerly the General Post Office built c.1900, with pair of shopfronts to ground floor c. 2000 and an integral carriage arch. Two-bay two-storey double-gabled return c. 1900, with further flat-roof extensions occupying much of rear site. Pitched artificial slate roof with synthetic ridge tiles. Three tall profiled painted ruled-and-lined rendered chimneystacks with clay pots. Replacement gutter on series of decorative console brackets to eaves . Square-profile, cast-iron downpipe. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling with moulded string course below the console brackets and continuous sill course to both upper floors. Pebbledash rendered walling to rear and returns. Segmental-headed window openings with moulded architrave surrounds to continuous rendered sill course with replacement two-over-two timber sash windows and angled horns. uPVC windows to rear elevation. Single-pane timber sash window to ground floor of return with painted stone sill and iron bars. Segmental-headed carriage arch to west bay with modern render rustication and vertically-sheeted timber door.

• Medical Hall, shop/retail outlet, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay three-storey commercial building, built c. 1910, with decorative façade and pedimented parapet, traditional-style timber shopfront c. 2000. Pitched roof hidden behind parapet wall with rendered chimneystack to west. Central segmental pediment with dentil open-based architrave surround on pair of squat pilasters within foliate panels. Central lugged-and-kneed panel with raised lettering "Medical Hall", having scrolled keystone rising through the pediment surmounted by ball-finial. Pediment is flanked by pair of large scrolled brackets flanked by squat piers and ball finial over. Elaborate dentil cornice below spans entire façade. Painted rendered walling with soldier quoins to either end, pair of pilasters to the second floor with decorative foliate panels. Scrolled corbels to cornice above. Square-headed window openings flanked by slender panelled pilasters and scrolled corbels supporting plain frieze-and-detailed cornice above. Moulded continuous sill course to second floor with decorative apron to rendered bays, concrete sills to first floor. Single-pane timber sash windows, tripartite to central bays. Traditional-style timber shopfront with fixed-pane display windows and panelled stall risers flanked by slender parallel pilasters and decorative corbels. Central recessed door opening and further door opening to west, both having timber panelled and glazed doors. Large timber fascia spanning shopfront with central projection with raised lettering.

• Hotel, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay three-storey hotel, built c. 1910, with entrance canopy c. 1990 and two-storey rear return. Pitched artificial slate roof with shared rendered chimneystack having clay pots, behind raised parapet wall. Four decorative wrought-iron finials on squat piers to a heavy cavatina moulded cornice, projecting slightly to the corresponding giant Ionic order pilasters to all three floors. Painted rendered walling with large fluted Ionic pilaster to first and second floors broken by a moulded sill course to second floor, further Ionic fluted pilaster to ground floor on plinth bases. Segmental-headed window openings with architrave surrounds and timber casement windows, moulded continuous sill course spanning centre façade to first and second floors, painted concrete sills to ground floor. Central segmental-headed door opening with painted moulded surround and moulded impost corbels. Replacement timber door. Projecting porch with artificial slate roof and central lead-lined round valley to lead-lined canopy with dentiled cornice and fascia supported on pair of stop-chamfered concrete piers.

• House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached two-bay three-storey former house, built c. 1860, with timber shopfront inserted c. 1990, now in use as commercial premises. Artificial slate roof with clay ridge tiles, hipped to west, large rendered chimneystack to east, replacement gutter and cast-iron downpipe. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling, soldier quoins to either end. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills and uPVC windows. Original timber panelled shutters to upper floors. Traditional-style timber shopfront with fixed-pane display window, glazed door and security shutter. Further timber panelled door and overlight, timber fascia over.

• House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey former house, built c. 1860, as one of a pair, with shopfront inserted c. 1980, now in use as commercial premises. Former stone coach house to rear shared with adjoining building, 33 Main Street (12506010). Pitched artificial slate roof, clay ridge tiles, large rendered shared chimneystack with octagonal clay pots, cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walling. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, six-over-six timber sash windows with ogee horns and cylinder glass. Timber shopfront with zigzag glazing and replacement uPVC glazed door, timber fascia and console brackets.

• House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey former house, built c. 1860, as one of a pair,with shopfront inserted c. 1980, now in use as commercial premises. Former stone coach house to rear shared with adjoining building 32 Main Street (12506009). Pitched artificial slate roof, clay ridge tiles, large rendered shared chimneystack with octagonal clay pots, plastic gutter. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling. Square-headed window openings, painted limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Symmetrical shopfront comprising pair of fixed-pane display windows on timber sills and central glazed timber door and stringcourse over. Rear site occupied by three two-storey retail units c.1970. Rubble-stone former coach house, now integrated with commercial units.

• House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey former house and shop unit, built c. 1900, as one of a pair, with shopfront to ground floor, now in use as commercial premises. Three-bay three-storey return and extension to rear c. 1990. Pitched slate roof, hipped to the west with roll-moulded terracotta ridge tiles, large red brick chimneystack with elaborate moulded rendered cornice and frieze. Cavetto-moulded cast-iron gutter to stepped brick eaves, plastic rainwater goods to rear, further rendered chimneystack to rear shared with adjoining house. Red brick walling with rusticated limestone ashlar quoins to east end and limestone sill course to second floor spanning both houses. Camber-headed window openings formed in convex moulded brick, convex moulded brick reveals with stop-chamfer above limestone sills, single-pane timber sash windows with ogee horns. Replacement timber shopfront with two fixed-pane display windows, double-leaf timber glazed doors, timber fascia all flanked by panelled pilasters with original console pediments.

• House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay three-storey former house and shop, built c. 1900, as one of a pair, with shopfront to ground floor, now historically in use as commercial premises, now unused. Single-bay three-storey return and flat-roof single-storey extension, built c. 1990. Pitched slate roof, hipped to the east with roll-moulded terracotta ridge tiles, large redbrick chimneystack with elaborate moulded rendered cornice and frieze. Cavetto-moulded cast-iron gutter to stepped brick eaves, plastic rainwater goods to rear, further rendered chimneystack to return shared with adjoining house. Red brick walling with rusticated limestone ashlar quoins to west end and limestone sill course to second floor only, returning to the west elevation above adjacent roof. Camber-headed window openings formed in convex moulded brick, convex moulded brick reveals with stop-chamfer above limestone sills, original single-pane timber sash windows with ogee horns and cylinder glass. Seven-over-two timber sash windows to return with limestone sills, two round-headed window openings to rear elevation lighting stairwell with replacement two-over-two timber sash windows. Shopfront comprises large fixed-pane display windows on replacement moulded limestone sill, square-headed door opening with timber glazed door and overlight (original frame only) and convex-moulded reveals with stop-chamfer above limestone step. Door flanked by original red brick engaged piers with limestone mouldings to west pier surmounted by scrolled timber console bracket and pediment over.

• Bank/financial institution, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached four-bay three-storey three-gabled commercial building, built c. 1910, with shopfront inserted c.2000. Pitched artificial slate roof with gables rising from front elevation, further pair of hipped roofs to rear, clay ridge tiles with large rendered chimneystack with clay and terracotta pots to central valley, further rendered chimneystack to rear roof rising from east party wall, lucarne window rising from rear elevation. Timber fascia to three gables with replacement rainwater goods. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, and replacement timber casement windows. Replacement timber shopfront with square-headed display windows, double timber panelled doors, timber pilasters and timber fascia. Aluminium windows to rear.

• Portlaoise Courthouse, court house, 1790–1820 · National interest
  Description

  Corner sited, neo-classical courthouse comprising central three-bay two-storey over basement breakfront with Doric doorcase flanked by single-storey pedimented side bays, built c.1805. Curved two-bay single-storey wing returning onto Church Street links courthouse to former jail. Remodelled 1875 and again c.1999. Hipped artificial slate roofs, cement ridge tiles, large rendered chimneystack to rear of central block. Hipped natural slate roof to west pavilion block with semi-conical roof to curved wing. Cast-iron rainwater goods to west pavilion, plastic to remainder. Limestone ashlar cornice to central block with limestone blocking course. Limestone ashlar cornice to pediments continuing to curved wing parapet wall with limestone ashlar plain frieze. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling with limestone ashlar plinth course and further projecting limestone course added during renovations. Limestone platband to first floor sill level and decorative relief rectangular panels above first floor windows depicting scales of justice. Each flanking pavilion has a recessed arch with blind limestone ashlar window panel with limestone architrave on limestone sill spanning the arch. At impost level is a limestone ashlar platband with oculi over containing painted decorative disc and blind niche to either side of arch below. Square-headed window openings with limestone ashlar architrave surrounds on limestone sills, replacement six-over-six timber sash windows. Blind window panels to curved elevation, round-arched to east side elevation with uPVC windows. Doric limestone ashlar doorcase comprising square-headed door opening with architrave surround and pair of replacement timber panelled doors and panel over. Door opening flanked by pair of engaged Doric columns on bases supporting full Doric entablature and blind limestone panel over. Door opens onto limestone platform with five limestone steps with stainless steel handrails. Carriage arch to east comprising pair of tooled limestone ashlar piers with impost course and limestone segmental arch with rendered wall over limestone coping, replacement timber doors.

• Dunamaise Arts Centre, prison/jail, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner sited seven-bay two-storey over concealed basement former neo-classical county gaol, built c.1789, with three-bay central breakfront and flanked by single-bay advanced bay at either end. Renovated c.1999, retaining front elevation, part of rear elevation and north side elevation. Now in use as theatre, arts centre and café. Roof hidden behind parapet wall. Coursed tooled and squared limestone ashlar walling, rusticated to breakfront on stepped plinth course, and large platband to two-bay sections to either side of breakfront at ground and first floor. Breakfront comprises round-headed window opening to central bay having vermiculated stop-and-start work to ground floor window, continuous to first floor window, voussoired vermiculated arch and keystone to first floor with a further recessed round-headed window opening. Central bay flanked by giant Doric order limestone pilasters on single plinth base to each pair and projecting vermiculated blocks to first floor. Large Portland stone plaque to frieze with carved symbols of penitentiary and justice. To either side is a single bay with square-headed windows to each floor, those to ground having voussoired and vermiculated keystone, with vermiculated in and out stonework continuing as flush round-headed relieving arch in vermiculated stone voussoirs with keystone. Giant Doric order pilaster to either end of breakfront, all supporting a double plain frieze oversized blocking course, interrupted by Portland stone panel, and concave cornice over. Limestone sills and replacement eight-over-eight timber sash windows throughout. Square-headed door opening to south two-bay section with replacement pair of timber panelled doors and overlight opening onto five limestone steps with stainless steel handrails. Segmental-headed opening inserted to north two-bay section formed in tooled modern limestone surround and keystone with double glass door opening onto raised limestone-clad platform and limestone steps. Round-headed former door opening to northernmost bay, now blocked up with tooled limestone and spoked timber fanlight over.

• House, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1880, with shopfront inserted c. 2000, now in use as commercial premises. Pitched artificial slate roof, black clay ridge tiles, rendered chimneystack to west with clay pots, metal gutter. Painted pebbledash rendered walling to first floor, smooth render to ground. Square-headed window openings, architrave surrounds, painted stone sills and replacement timber casement windows, with modern two-over-two timber sash window to ground floor c. 2000. Large square-headed door opening with glazed timber doors and sidelights. Square-headed door opening to east with replacement timber panelled door and sidelight.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, with enclosed front area, angled south gable and small two-storey return to rear. Pitched artificial slate roof, natural slate to rear pitch, cement ridge tiles, shared rendered chimneystack to north, rendered chimneystack to south gable set at angle, plastic gutter on plastic fascia, cast-iron hopper and downpipe. Cement rendered walling, pebbledash render to side and rear elevations. Square-headed window openings, patent rendered reveals, painted stone sills, uPVC windows, hardwood casement window to rear. Central round-headed door opening, replacement timber panelled door and original timber spoked fanlight, tiled step to front area enclosed to street by rendered wall and wrought-iron pedestrian gate.

• Saint Peter's Church, church/chapel, 1800–1805 · National interest
  Description

  Free-standing double-height four-bay church, built 1804, with obelisk spire and apsidal sanctuary. Pitched slate roof, black clay ridge tiles, limestone ashlar fractable to either gable end, forming the raking cornice to pedimented entrance front, semi-conical slate roof to sanctuary. Cast-iron rainwater goods to limestone ashlar eaves. Limestone ashlar obelisk steeple surmounted by copper compass sphere on iron finial, sitting on square-plan plinth, plinth with round-headed window opening flanked by pairs of squat Doric pilasters supporting plain frieze and cornice; resting on a larger square-plan base with limestone ball finials to four corners. Coursed tooled limestone ashlar walling to nave. Each bay is set within a shallow cement rendered recess. Round-headed window openings at gallery level with limestone ashlar surrounds having keystones, impost mouldings and nosed sill; comprising pair of trefoil-headed openings with central limestone mullion and ocular opening with curved sills and stained glass windows, weather glazing. At ground level are a pair of segmental-headed window openings to either side elevation with limestone surrounds, with four-over-four timber sash windows, converse horns and cylinder glass, a similar opening to north with stained glass. Gabled west entrance front has a broken-topped pediment with central square-headed door opening with architrave surround on plinth blocks and floating cornice over; door opening flanked by pair of pilasters corresponding to base of steeple. Segmental-headed window opening over door set within semi-circular surround having four-over-four timber sash window. To either side is a niche and plain sandstone panel below. Replacement timber doors open onto two limestone steps, limestone flagged platform and a further two steps to front gravel area. Galleried interior with stained glass from the Harry Clarke workshop, and one by Alfred Ernest Child c. 1938, teacher of Harry Clarke and founder member of the stained glass workshops An Túr Gloine. Set within corner-sited cemetery with grave markers and box tombs, enclosed by tall stone wall. In 2008 undergoing conservation works.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, adjacent houses to east demolished exposing east side elevation. Pitched slate roof with party wall to east rising above roof with remnant of former shared chimneystack, rendered chimneystack to west with clay pots shared with adjoining house. Steel gutter and cast-iron downpipe. Flintdash rendered walling, smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings, smooth rendered surrounds, painted limestone sills and uPVC windows. Central square-headed door opening, moulded render architrave surround on plinth blocks with uPVC glazed door. Timber parallel shutters to interior.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1820. Pitched artificial slate roof, cement ridge tiles, shared rendered chimneystack with clay pots to either end. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling, rendered quoins to either end and smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, and aluminium windows. Central square-headed door opening with aluminium glazed door.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, street-fronted facing south, with shopfront fascia to enlarged ground floor window to the west and further enlarged window to domestic accommodation to the east. Pitched artificial slate roof, synthetic ridge tiles, shared rendered chimneystack to either end. Replacement metal gutter on plastic fascia to convex moulded eaves, plastic downpipe. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling, projecting rendered plinth course, square-headed window openings and painted limestone sills other than to shopfront. Replacement hardwood casement windows to both levels. Two square-headed door openings, architrave surrounds c. 1900 on plinth blocks with decorative render keystones and replacement hardwood panelled doors. Painted name fascia board over shop window.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1820. Single-storey lean-to to rear. Pitched artificial slate roof, synthetic ridge tiles, shared rendered chimneystack to east, pebbledash rendered stack to west. Plastic gutter on timber fascia, cast-iron hopper and downpipe. Ruled and lined rendered walling and projecting painted plinth course to front, with rough-cast lime render to rear. Square-headed window openings, painted limestone sills and two-over-two timber sash windows with exposed sash boxes and ogee horns, tripartite timber sash window to west bay, six-over-six to rear. Central round-headed door opening with painted limestone plinth blocks, replacement hardwood door and replacement simple hardwood fanlight with flintdash keystone above.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1820, with integral carriage arch to east. Pitched natural slate roof, clay ridge tiles, rendered chimneystack to east and further rendered stack to west having moulded cornice and shared with neighbouring house, both having clay pots. Plastic gutter on timber eaves. Painted ruled and lined rendered walling, projecting smooth rendered plinth course and rendered soldier quoins to either end. Square-headed window openings and painted limestone sills. uPVC windows to both floors. Round-headed door opening, moulded architrave surround on limestone plinth blocks with lion's head keystone , replacement timber panelled door and timber spoked fanlight over. Depressed arched carriage opening to east bay with replacement vertically-sheeted timber doors .

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, with integral carriage arch to west. Extensively renovated c. 2004. Extension and renovated rubblestone former coach house to rear. Pitched slate roof, black clay ridge tiles, shared rendered chimneystacks to either end with clay pots to the east having moulded cornices, further stack to west. Plastic gutter on plastic fascia. Painted ruled and lined rendered walling, smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings, painted limestone sills to first floor, replacement limestone sills to ground floor. Replacement plastic coated timber sash windows, including tripartite window to west bay. Round-headed door opening, limestone plinth blocks, cut during renovations. Vertically-sheeted replacement timber door and glazed overlight. Temporary plywood doors to depressed carriage arch opening. Garden to the rear enclosed with good rubblestone wall.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820. Former rubblestone coach house to rear. Pitched artificial slate roof, shared rendered chimneystacks to either end with clay pots. Replacement rainwater goods. Painted ruled and lined rendered walling, smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings, painted limestone sills and uPVC windows. Central round-headed door opening, architrave surround with keystone having flint and equine figure, fleur-de-lys to imposts and abstract decorative moulding to plinth blocks c. 1910. uPVC door.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1820, now in use as offices. Pitched slate roof with black clay ridge tiles and shared chimneystacks to either end. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling, smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings, painted limestone sills (west bay has concrete sill) and replacement timber sash windows, bipartite to west bay. Square-headed door opening, with smooth rendered surround having shamrock motif c. 1910, replacement timber panelled door and limestone plinth blocks. Original three-over-four timber sash to rear.

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, with flanking single-storey bay windows built c. 1910, two-bay two-storey return and four-bay two-storey detached building to rear built c. 1920, now in use as offices. Pitched slate roof, black clay ridge tiles, pair of red brick chimneystacks with clay pots, replacement metal rainwater goods to timber eaves. Painted pebbledash rendered walling, smooth rendered quoins to front of either end, rendered plinth course. Segmental-headed window openings, architrave surrounds, concrete sills and single-pane timber sash windows with ogee horns. Pair of canted bays to ground floor with slate roofs, replacement metal rainwater goods, single-pane timber sash windows. Central square-headed door opening with render architrave surround, convex frieze and closed pediment over having rough-cast tympanum panel, replacement timber panelled door, overlight and sidelights with tiled step opening into concrete paved front garden. Front garden enclosed by rendered wall to east, thick rendered embankment to street, forming part of railway bridge, iron railings to west with matching gate on pair of rendered piers.

• Greygates, house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey L-plan house, built c.1895, with enclosed front garden Renovated c. 2000. Hipped artificial slate roof, synthetic ridge tiles, pair of ruled-and-lined rendered tall chimneystacks rising from both side elevations with octagonal clay pots, replacement metal rainwater goods to timber eaves. Render removed from front elevation exposing rubble limestone walling, tooled and squared limestone finish quoins, smooth rendered plinth course, yellow brick in and out work to all openings, painted pebbledash rendered walling to side and rear elevations. Square-headed window openings formed in brick with rubbered brick flat arches, painted stone sills, patent rendered reveals, replacement two-over-two timber sash windows. Round-headed window opening to rear, lighting stairwell, with single-pane timber sash window having margin lights and coloured glass. Replacement timber casement windows to rear. Central segmental-headed door opening with deep rendered reveals to inset door, replacement timber panelled and glazed door and overlight. Opening onto limestone step and stone-flagged footpath through front lawn enclosed to either sided by tall rendered wall, enclosed to street by tall cast-iron railing on cement plinth, pair of decorative cast-iron piers with cap moulding and pedestrian iron gate having original limestone step to pavement.

• Wellfield, house, 1890–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1905, with enclosed front garden, later extensions to rear and west. Stone outbuilding to rear. Pitched artificial slate roof, synthetic ridge tiles, rendered chimneystack with clay pots to either end. Replacement metal rainwater goods to timber fascia. Ruled-and-lined rendered walling to ground floor, flint-dash render to first floor, rendered soldier quoins to either end, rendered walling to all other elevations. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills and six-over-six timber sash windows with convex horns and cylinder glass, single-pane timber sash windows to rear and side elevations with exposed sash boxes. Central elliptical-headed door opening with timber frame, lintel cornice, decorative spoked timber fanlight with etched glass, replacement timber glazed door. Door opens into decorative gabled open porch with slate roof, decorative timber bargeboard and finial, geometric timber framework on concrete sill and rendered wall having timber seat to either side. Concrete footpath through front lawn enclosed to street by cast-iron railing on limestone ashlar plinth, cast-iron pedestrian gate with tall limestone ashlar pier to either end. Tall rubblestone wall encloses lawn to west.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multi-bay three-storey stone former granary, built c. 1820, with twentieth-century lean-to extension, now disused. Pitched corrugated asbestos roof with moulded asbestos ridge. Stone flags to eaves with some iron drive-through brackets. Roughly coursed rubblestone walling with cast-iron wall ties and some lime render to east elevation. Square-headed window openings formed in red brick, many now blocked up in stone, with stone sills and some bipartite timber casement windows to east elevation.

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1910 as a pair with no. 4 (12506171), two-storey return. Pitched replacement slate roof, black clay ridge tiles, red brick chimneystack to north gable, plastic rainwater goods. Machine-made red brick walling laid in English garden wall bond, ruled-and-lined rendered to side and rear. Camber-headed window openings formed in red brick, painted concrete sills and uPVC windows. Camber-headed door opening, replacement hardwood panelled door and overlight. Opens directly to straat.

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1910 as a pair with no. 5 (12506170) with two-bay two-storey lean-to return. Pitched slate roof, roll-moulded terracotta ridge tiles, red brick chimneystack rises from south gable, cast-iron rainwater goods. Machine-made red brick walling laid in English garden wall bond, ruled-and-lined render to side and rear elevations. Square-headed window openings to first floor, segmental-headed window and door opening to ground floor, all formed in brick with sandstone sills, two-over-two timber sash windows with ogee horns to rear, replacement timber panelled door to overlight with unusual carved sandstone to base of door. Intact original interior including staircase, cornice, doors, architraves and skirting. Opens directly to street.

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey former house, built c.1910, built as part of a pair with no. 6 (12506169). Pitched replacement slate roof, roll-moulded terracotta ridge tiles, red brick chimneystack now incorporated into that of No.4, plastic gutter, steel downpipe. Redbrick walling laid in English garden wall bond, rendered to rear. Square-headed window openings to first floor segmental-headed to ground floor (including door) formed in brick, with sandstone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Replacement timber panelled door and overlight with champfered sandstone to base of door opening. Opens directly to street.

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1910 as a pair with no. 3 (12506168), two-storey return to rear, now in use as offices. Pitched replacement slate roof, black clay ridge tiles, large red brick chimneystack, rebuilt c. 2005, and plastic rainwater goods. Machine-made red brick walling laid in English garden wall bond, ruled-and-lined render to rear. Camber-headed window openings formed in brick, concrete sills with uPVC windows. Camber-headed door opening, replacement timber panelled door and overlight. Opens directly to street.

• House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited end of terrace two-bay two-storey former house, built c.1850, with four-bay two-storey rear extension fronting onto Abbeyleix Road c.1960, in use as a commercial premises. Pitched artificial slate roofs, synthetic ridge tiles, cement coping, diminutive brick chimneystack to west, plastic rainwater goods and timber fascia. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling. Square-headed window openings, painted limestone sills, replacement timber casement windows, concrete sills to rear extension, single-pane timber sash window with convex horns, no sill and semi-exposed sash box. Fixed-pane display window to retail unit with uPVC glazed door, further fixed-pane display window to east gable with plywood box fascia spanning both shop windows to both elevations. Further pair of fixed-pane display windows to rear extension and timber panelled door. Three petrol pumps to pavement "Beckmeter" c. 1980 and hexagonal cast-iron stand, possibly an air pump c. 1950.

• House, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880, three-bay two-storey flat-roof extension to rear c. 1970, façade embellished c. 1920. Pitched artificial slate roof, synthetic ridge tiles, rendered chimneystack to west, plastic rainwater goods. Painted rendered walling, rendered soldier quoins to either end, projecting plinth course, two iron wall tie-plates. Square-headed window openings, elaborate architrave surrounds, curvilinear aprons to first floor, painted stone sills, replacement hardwood casement windows. Central square-headed door opening with architrave surround and decorative keystone on stone plinth blocks with recessed replacement hardwood glazed door and tiled step.

• House, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited terraced two-bay three-storey former house, built c. 1810, two-storey single-bay section to south, two-storey return to rear c. 1900, traditional style shopfront inserted to entire ground floor c. 1990, in use as public house. Pitched artificial slate roofs, hipped to three-storey block,chimneystack shared with adjoining building to east, reconstructed grey brick stack rising from rear elevation. Steel gutter. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling, smooth rendered quoins to three-storey section only. Central timber advertising panel to first floor of both three-storey elevations. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills and replacement aluminium windows. Timber shopfront to both elevations with fixed-pane display windows, timber pilasters, rendered plinth course and timber cornicing. Square-headed door openings with replacement timber panelled door.

• Fitzpatrick, house, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey house, built c. 1810, with shopfront to ground floor and integral carriage arch, two-storey return. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, three rendered chimneystacks with clay pots. Ogee cast-iron rainwater goods on ogee corbels. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling with rendered quoins and smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings with architrave surrounds and painted stone sills. Keystones to first floor window surrounds. Decorative rendered aprons to second floor, and above carriage arch. Two-over-two timber sash windows with ogee horns throughout. Rendered shopfront comprising single fixed-pane display window above panelled stall-riser, single-pane timber sash window and central square-headed door opening with replacement hardwood panelled door and overlight. All openings flanked by fluted rendered pilasters on plinth blocks supporting rendered fascia with raised lettering and cornice stone. Segmental-headed carriage arch, with moulding to arch and diamond-faced keystone, flanked by pilasters on plinth blocks, double-leaf vertically-sheeted timber doors.

• House, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey, built c. 1830, with integral carriage arch to west bay. Pitched slate roof, synthetic ridge tiles, two tall render profiled chimneystacks, one shared with adjoining house to the west, both with clay pots. Plastic rainwater goods. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling, smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings moulded render architrave surrounds and painted concrete sills, with decorative rendered keystones to ground floor. Replacement uPVC windows to both floors. Square-headed door opening, tongue and groove timber door with rectangular overlight. Square-headed carriage arch, tongue-and-groove timber door.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880, with integral carriage arch to west bay, two-storey extension to rear. Pitched artificial slate roof, two rendered chimneystacks, plastic rainwater goods on timber fascia. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling, smooth rendered plinth course, square-headed window openings and painted concrete sills. Replacement hardwood casement windows to both floors. Square-headed door opening, timber reveals, hardwood glazed door and limestone step. Segmental-headed carriage arch with steel sheet.

• House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1900, with integral carriage arch to east. Pitched slate roof, black clay ridge tiles, cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledash rendered walling, painted smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings, patent rendered reveals and painted concrete sills. Two-over-two timber sash windows with angled horns c. 1930. Square-headed door opening, patent rendered reveals, original four flat-panelled timber door with rectangular overlight, concrete step. Segmental-headed carriage arch opening to east bay with vertically-sheeted timber door.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880, with two-bay two-storey lean-to extension c.1980 to rear. Pitched artificial slate roof, clay ridge tiles and a rendered chimneystack to either end. Replacement metal gutter, cast-iron downpipe. Painted pebbledash rendered walling, smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings, smooth rendered surrounds and painted limestone sills. Tripartite uPVC windows to both floors. Central square-headed door opening, smooth rendered surround, uPVC door.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  End of terrace three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, cement fractable and rendered chimneystack to west gable, yellow brick chimneystack to east, abutting adjacent stack, cast-iron rainwater goods to smooth rendered fascia course. Square-headed window openings, smooth rendered surrounds, concrete sills. Two-over-two timber sash windows with convex horns to first floor and ogee horns to ground floor sash windows. Square-headed door opening with heavy moulded architrave surround on plinth blocks, with decorative moulded keystone. Four flat-panelled timber door with central fillet and rectangular overlight.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced five-bay two-storey former house, built c. 1840, with shopfront c. 1990, two-storey and single-storey extensions to rear, in use as public house although under renovation at time of record. Detached stone outbuilding c. 1840 to rear. Pitched slate roof, terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystack to west, rendered profiled stack to east with clay pots. Slate roofs to returns with eastern roof hipped to where it meets the main structure. Further chimneystack rising from rear gable to west. Plastic gutter, cast-iron hopper and downpipe. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling with rendered quoins to either end. Lime render over rubblestone walling on west side and rear elevations. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills and replacement two-over-two timber sash windows with ogee horns. Traditional-style timber pub shopfront to eastern three bays, with display window and two timber panelled doors, all c. 1990. uPVC windows to rear. Lime washed rubblestone walls to outbuilding with poured concrete repairs at upper level and pitched corrugated iron roof.

• House, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey former house, built c. 1880, with shopfront inserted c. 1990. Pitched slate roof, terracotta ridge tiles, and tall shared rendered chimneystack to east. Steel gutter, cast-iron hopper and downpipe. Painted rough-cast rendered walling. Square-headed window openings, patent rendered reveals, painted stone sills, aluminium windows. Hardwood shopfront comprises fixed-pane display window and inset glazed timber panelled door on timber panels flanked by fluted pilasters with fascia over. Round-headed door opening to upper floor with replacement hardwood panelled door and fanlight. Earlier dentiled cornice visible above fascia. Limestone step to entrance to upper floor. Original plaster cornice and timber joinery to traditional-style shop interior.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey former house, built c. 1880, with integral carriage arch to east and traditional-style timber shopfront inserted c. 1990, in use as commercial premises. Pitched artificial slate roof, clay roof tiles, shared tall rendered chimneystack to west and cement fractable to east. Steel gutter. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, uPVC windows. Timber shopfront comprises fixed-pane display window on timber sill and limestone-clad plinth course, square-headed door opening and overlight with glazed timber door on limestone step. All openings flanked by simple pilasters with timber fascia with dentiled cornice over and flanked by decorative foliate scrolled console brackets. Round-headed door opening, replacement timber panelled door and fanlight. Elliptical-headed carriage arch opening formed in tooled voussoired limestone with replacement vertically-sheeted timber doors.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0.

No address of the register names Maryborough with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Maryborough · Port Laoise

Area

1,589,059 m² (158.91 ha, 392.67 acres)

Civil parish

Borris, and its townlands

Barony

Maryborough East

Electoral division

Portlaoighise Rural, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballytegan, Borris Little, Clonminam, Clonreher, Clonroosk, Gorteen, Knockmay, Kylekiproe, Moneyballytyrrell, Rossleaghan

Placenames

Maryborough on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.