County Kilkenny Rural Design Guide

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   glossary Barrel-vaulted – a continuous arched ceiling or roof (like a tunnel) Biodiversity - is the variety of life in all its forms, levels and combinations. The number and variety of organisms found within a specifed geographic region Boithrín – the Irish for ‘small road’ often used to describe a small narrow laneway or small narrow feld Clachan – traditional Irish settlement pattern where small simple cottages are clustered randomly along the side of (and accessed from) a shared winding lane or narrow road “Classical Box” – simple cuboid house (usually deep plan) with sliding sash windows and a hipped roof on continuous horizontal eaves line. Ridge height is usually relatively low Envelope of Visibility – the area that must be kept clear of vegetation or other features at a vehicular access from a lane or gateway to the County Road to allow an emerging driver to see the oncoming traffc clearly in both directions External Brise Soleils – horizontal projecting sun shade devices above a window (on the outside of a building). Used to help control the extent to which sun’s rays enter a building at times of the day or year when the interior rooms would become too hot or have too much glare Flat-roofed portico – fat roofed structure, attached to the main building (often at the entrance) supported by columns but otherwise open on one or more sides. ‘Glebe House’ and ‘Classical Box’ – name given to a Church of Ireland rectory. Usually a very simple deep plan cuboid box with a constant horizontal gutter line and hipped roofs all round. The ridge height was usually kept relatively low Half-hipped Linear House – see sketch Hipped Roof –see sketch Lean-tos – small shed against a wall or gable end with a roof sloping in one direction only Mono-Pitches – roof slopes in one direction only Rubble Retaining Walls – wall made of (or faced in) natural rubble stone that is used to hold back (retain) higher ground behind Sliding Sash Windows – slightly overlapping windows that open by sliding each sash up and down Trombe Wall – an internal thick masonry wall (stone, brick or mass concrete) that has a high thermal mass. A Trombe wall is positioned to enclose a relatively small room that has predominantly glazed south or south-west facing external Walls and/or roof. The glazing allows the sun’s ray to enter the room and strike the Trombe wall (usually painted a dark colour to improve absorption). The heat is absorbed into the Trombe Wall where it is stored for a period of time. When there is no solar gain into the room (in the evening or at night) the Trombe wall acts as a sort of raditator and gives its heat back to the rooms on either side. This type of passive solar heating requires input from designers with specialist knowledge of these methods. Typical shape of ‘Glebe House’ and ‘Linear house with full gables Linear house with half hipped roof at each end lean to Classical Box’ Lean-to shed at end gable of linear house mono-pitch roof on shed

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   Kilkenny County Council wishes to acknowledge all those who assisted and contributed in the production of the Guidelines, especially the following: Colin Buchanan Consultants Mary Kerrigan, Architect Kilkenny Co Council Strategic Policy Committee chaired by Cllr. Pat Millea Dearbhala Ledwidge, Heritage Offcer, Kilkenny County Council Brendan Sheehan, Environment Specialist, Kilkenny County Council Evelyn Graham, Architect, Kilkenny County Council Forward Planning Section, Kilkenny County Council Thank you, Martin Mullally

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