Tinsley rectory fit for modern living

The rectory in Portlaw, designed in 1849, has all the modern comforts. Trish Dromey reports

DESIGNED by a well-known Irish architect, Guilcagh Rectory near Portlaw in Waterford is an elegant 19th Century building which has now been beautifully equipped for 21st Century living.

Built in 1849, the cut stone property was designed by William Tinsley, a Tipperary architect responsible for several manor houses and churches who went on to design several universities in the US when he emigrated there after the famine.