placenamesStreamstown
Baile an tSrutháin
Temple House and Streamstown House preserve different stages of domestic building in the countryside around the railway village.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile an tSrutháin · Irish · main form
- Streamstown · English · main form
Place & story
Temple House and its earlier fabric
Temple House at Templemacateer is dated to about 1760, with alterations around 1840. Its steep slate roof, central arched doorway and later southern wing combine a compact older house with more formal additions. The architectural inventory suggests that its battered rear walls may include mud construction and that the high roof may once have been thatched. These remain interpretations of the building’s fabric. [2]
A possible Wesley connection
The inventory records John Wesley preaching at a house in Templemacateer between about 1748 and 1760. It proposes Temple House or its site as the likely location, partly because of the townland’s small size. That identification is probable in the survey’s account, rather than a securely identified surviving preaching room. [2]
A later porch at Streamstown House
Streamstown House is a larger, five-bay residence dated to about 1820 in the inventory’s description. An enclosed porch was added around 1850. Its arched windows and pronounced eaves brackets give this later entrance an Italianate character, distinguishing it from the earlier main block. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Streamstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Temple House, Templemacateer, NIAH15403110 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Streamstown House, NIAH15403143 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2013-11-01. How this page was prepared.