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Volunteers are essential to the life of Luisne
in fact, even if the resources were there to pay staff for all the work necessary to run our centre efficiently, we feel that something of our spirit would be lost without our volunteers. There's a very special quality present in giving and receiving freely.
There are many different roles volunteers can fill - ranging from flower arranging or house plant care to hostessing at events, to secretarial or library work. There’s always an opportunity to help with publicising our events too.
Volunteering times and dates are negotiable so if you would like to become a volunteer at Luisne Spirituality Centre please contact us on 2010001, email us at info@luisne.ie or go to the Contact Us page and fill out your details and we will respond to you.
There are many different roles volunteers can fill - ranging from flower arranging or house plant care to hostessing at events, to secretarial or library work. There’s always an opportunity to help with publicising our events too.
Volunteering times and dates are negotiable so if you would like to become a volunteer at Luisne Spirituality Centre please contact us on 2010001, email us at info@luisne.ie or go to the Contact Us page and fill out your details and we will respond to you.
Heritage
The Main House
The house can be described as a two storey over basement, five bay, Georgian residence with projecting semi-hexagonal bay to the west, parapet hipped roof to east, treble hipped “a” roofs to west. Venetian windows with sidelights feature on both principal facades. The house retains many original features, including decorative plaster ceilings, stone flooring, vaulted construction to basement level, staircases and internal joinery of architectural and historic importance. The original house was completed c.1782-1785. The facade was brickwork, now concealed behind painted render. The three-storey extension to the north is possibly mid 19th century. The facade of this extension was set back from the original, thereby retaining the symmetry of the original.
Walled Garden
Photographic evidence from the 1870’s illustrates the former grandeur of the lower walled garden complete
with an extensive glassed greenhouse, tea-house and ornamental bridge. The walls and entrances remain. This garden is now overgrown.
The Estate
The estate is still farmed and used as grazing for livestock. The original estate area has been reduced by providing sites for the adjacent church and school. The southern of the two gate lodges has been demolished. The original
The house can be described as a two storey over basement, five bay, Georgian residence with projecting semi-hexagonal bay to the west, parapet hipped roof to east, treble hipped “a” roofs to west. Venetian windows with sidelights feature on both principal facades. The house retains many original features, including decorative plaster ceilings, stone flooring, vaulted construction to basement level, staircases and internal joinery of architectural and historic importance. The original house was completed c.1782-1785. The facade was brickwork, now concealed behind painted render. The three-storey extension to the north is possibly mid 19th century. The facade of this extension was set back from the original, thereby retaining the symmetry of the original.
Walled Garden
Photographic evidence from the 1870’s illustrates the former grandeur of the lower walled garden complete
with an extensive glassed greenhouse, tea-house and ornamental bridge. The walls and entrances remain. This garden is now overgrown.
The Estate
The estate is still farmed and used as grazing for livestock. The original estate area has been reduced by providing sites for the adjacent church and school. The southern of the two gate lodges has been demolished. The original
driveway configuration and width survives with some railings retained. It still features a meandering stream, the bridge base and the old tea-house.
That the house and estate have remained in a legible form over their 225 year history, through two different ownerships, is a key element of significance. The main house retains sufficient original and authentic design, detail and fabric that are of architectural and historic merit. The tenure of the religious orders has added another layer of social significance to the property. The educational and boarding facilities that were set up within the estate provide a historic link for those who attended or contributed to these facilities. The continuation of educational and ecclesiastical foundations, on what was the original estate, provides links to the community, and inclusion to local society. The remaining original estate lands provide the setting to the buildings, which is inseparable from the history to which it bears witness.
The history is physically manifest in the mature designed landscapes.
The main house is undoubtedly the principal element of the estate, being the Protected Structure. The other elements, being both ancillary and associated to the house, give additional significance and meaning to it. In the case of the outbuildings and the schoolhouse, these are evidence of the main building’s evolution from landed residence to educational and
That the house and estate have remained in a legible form over their 225 year history, through two different ownerships, is a key element of significance. The main house retains sufficient original and authentic design, detail and fabric that are of architectural and historic merit. The tenure of the religious orders has added another layer of social significance to the property. The educational and boarding facilities that were set up within the estate provide a historic link for those who attended or contributed to these facilities. The continuation of educational and ecclesiastical foundations, on what was the original estate, provides links to the community, and inclusion to local society. The remaining original estate lands provide the setting to the buildings, which is inseparable from the history to which it bears witness.
The history is physically manifest in the mature designed landscapes.
The main house is undoubtedly the principal element of the estate, being the Protected Structure. The other elements, being both ancillary and associated to the house, give additional significance and meaning to it. In the case of the outbuildings and the schoolhouse, these are evidence of the main building’s evolution from landed residence to educational and
ecclesiastical use. They are important and essential to the full understanding of the development of the house over time.
The formal gardens and estate provide a physical reminder of the grandeur and scale of the original development, and are inextricably associated with it.
The Holy Faith Sisters have been in residence since 1897 working in the fields of education and pastoral work in the local area. In 2004 the ministry of the Luisne Spirituality Centre began, first mainly in the local school and presently in the main convent.
The ambience of the main house and landscape enhance the work of Luisne and are in keeping with its vision.
The formal gardens and estate provide a physical reminder of the grandeur and scale of the original development, and are inextricably associated with it.
The Holy Faith Sisters have been in residence since 1897 working in the fields of education and pastoral work in the local area. In 2004 the ministry of the Luisne Spirituality Centre began, first mainly in the local school and presently in the main convent.
The ambience of the main house and landscape enhance the work of Luisne and are in keeping with its vision.
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