boyle local area plan 2012 - 2018 - Roscommon County Council

PART II: DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR 2012 – 2018 & BEYOND Chapter 6: Built & Natural Heritage
6. Buildings & Features of Interest
Although these windows are new they should have
a painted finish and be sash windows to fit in with
the character of the building itself and of the town.
Specialist advice should help in reaching correct
decisions about replacement features.
The adjoining house has had a new
canopy added which is distracting and
out of character.
Some structures have been identified by RCC as being buildings of interest in the
LAP and are included on appended Map 6d. They currently have no level of heritage
protection on them. Some are only of minor or local interest, creating a sense of place
such as the cluster at the southern entrance to the town, or are railway and labourer’s
cottages and bridges over the road or river, associated with the railway, or they may
be individual buildings of merit such as the 1930s school and the detached houses
along Carrick Road and Sligo Road. A number of the good stone walls associated
with the demesne of King House have also been mapped as Buildings of Interest on
Green Street, but this is not the full extent of them.
Some of these structures may in time go on to be assessed for protected structure
status. The following photos illustrate other features of interest in the townscape.
A historic weighbridge and famine pot in the back streets south of the river to the west of
Bridge Street.
5. Boyle ACA - Next Step
A detailed survey and management plan should be prepared for the Boyle ACA
within the lifetime of this plan, subject to available resources. The Management Plan
will set out design parameters requirements for restoration, repair, new and infill
development.
Historic stone paving on Ross Lane.
Distinctive stone walling to the west near
the boundary of the LAP area.
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