Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 16th/17th century
Townparks (galway By., St. Nicholas Par.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks (galway By., St. Nicholas Par.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.27343, -9.05234
- SMR number
- GA094-100068-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the east side of Abbeygate Street Upper, just off Galway's main street, Shop Street. A commercial three-storey, rectangular building (c. 13m NE-SW; c. 6m NW-SE) with a small two-storey extension to the rear. A substantial internal cross-wall containing a chimney subdivides the building into a larger front two-thirds with a smaller third behind. In the course of recent renovations, the remains of a decorated stone fireplace was uncovered at first floor-level. The fireplace has a large keystone which bears the arms of the Blake and French families (pers. comm. Dr. Jim Higgins 18-06-2015) together with a truncated date of 162_. Corbel stones carry wooden beams at first and second floor-levels to support the floors above. The fenestration on the façade has been altered but traces of earlier window jamb stones survive in some reveals.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 11 May 2016
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Architectural featureunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Town defencesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.