1773 – Heywood House, Ballinakill, Co. Laois
Architect: M.F. Trench / Thomas Drew
House originally designed by the owner Michael Frederick Trench in the 18th Century with the help of his friend,
House originally designed by the owner Michael Frederick Trench in the 18th Century with the help of his friend,
Gothic gateway, to the demolished Heywood House, obscuring a more modest gatehouse behind.
The spire and tower was added by J.J. McCarthy around 1854 to an earlier church. The earlier building is a simple cruciform church,