Adare Manor

Detached seven-bay single-storey with dormer attic former stables and offices, dated 1863, now in use as hotel accommodation. With central gabled bay to front (north) and rear (south), gablets to other bays to front and single-bay two-storey gabled blocks to east and west. Three-bay single-storey gabled blocks to rear (east and west) of gabled block. Lean-to conservatories to rear and to west and east of east and west blocks. Pitched slate roofs with red brick chimneystacks. Cut limestone copings and finials to gables and cast-iron rainwater goods. Gabled dormer windows to east elevation of west block and west elevation of east block. Rubble limestone walls. Buttresses dividing bays. Carved limestone heraldic date plaque to central gable, front elevation, with label moulding above. Square-headed openings with replacement windows and chamfered limestone block-and-start surrounds, transoms and mullions. Square-headed openings to east and west elevations with red brick block-and-start surrounds and replacement windows. Four-centred arch openings to dormer windows to east and west blocks with chamfered surrounds and replacement windows. Square-headed opening to rear central bay with replacement door. Four-centred arch opening to central bay of front elevation with carved stepped surround, hoodmoulding and glazed timber door, overlight and sidelights.

This impressive former stables form part of the Adare Manor complex, and occupies a site along the main entrance route to the main house. The buildings was designed by P.C. Hardwick but their construction was supervised by William E. Corbett. Its symmetrical design, carried through to the side blocks, chimneystacks and in the façade arrangement, contributes to the impressive appearance. The Tudor Revival style mirrors that of the main house and displays notable and well executed features such as the door surround, stonework and plaque.