St. Columba’s Catholic Presbytery

Detached three-bay two-storey parochial house, built c. 1900, having central gable-fronted half-dormer window opening and projecting single-storey flat-roofed entrance porch to the front elevation (south-west), and with single-storey extension to rear (north-east). Hipped replacement artificial slate roof with overhanging eaves supported on paired corbelled brackets with moulded stringcourse to base, two central smooth rendered chimneystacks with cornice coping and clayware pots over, and with some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods; pitched replacement artificial slate roof half-dormer window opening having iron cross finial over. Leaded flat roof to porch hidden behind raised parapet with moulded stucco coping over, moulded stucco architraved panels (on rectangular-plans) to parapets, projecting piers\pedestals to corners with leaded finials over, and with moulded cornice to base of parapets. Smooth rendered walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth course with chamfered head, smooth rendered parallel block quoins to corners, quoins, and with stucco cornice stringcourse to heads of ground floor windows to main body of building and to porch having ball motifs to frieze. Smooth rendered walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth course to porch with projecting smooth rendered pilaster strips to corners having moulded plinth detailing, and with pedestals over with rectangular stucco architraved panels. Square-headed-headed paired window openings, paired to outer bays to front elevation, having chamfered reveals with stucco detailing, painted stone sills, and with replacement windows. Round-headed window opening to half-dormer opening having stone sill, moulded stucco surround to head, and with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window with leaded stained glass window. Square-headed window opening to the north-east elevation at first floor level having chamfered reveals with stucco detailing, complex timber tracery\frame\,cut stone sill, and with leaded stained and coloured glass windows. Square-headed door opening to the south-east elevation of porch having flanking stucco pilasters with moulded bases and cornice detailing over with ball finials to friezes, moulded lintel, overlight, and with replacement door and sidelight; doorway served by flight of cut stone steps having smooth rendered wall to the south-east with balustraded parapet over and terminated in smooth render pier (on square-plan) having stucco architraved detailing. Tiled floor to entrance porch with timber double-doors having sidelights and overlights with decorative leaded stained glass. Set back from road in own grounds to the south-east of the centre of Glenties and adjacent to the north of site of former Catholic church. Freestanding bell tower (on square-plan) with pyramidal roof over set on hilltop adjacent to the east. Landscaped public park and playground to the south-west. Bounded on road-frontage to the south-west by modern rubble stone boundary wall. Shared gateway (with primary school) to the south-west.