Annesgrove

Detached multiple phase house, built c.1720, extended c.1800 and 1872. Comprising three-bay two-storey house with three-bay single storey addition to side (north), having attached T-plan five-bay two-storey extension to rear (west) with porch to side (south). Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and uPVC rainwater goods. Rendered walls throughout, having carved limestone date plaque to porch interior. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills throughout, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with wrought-iron bars to front and rear elevations and timber casement windows to single-storey side addition. Square-headed door openings throughout, having timber panelled doors to front elevations and timber battened door to porch. Set within own grounds, having carved hexagonal limestone gate piers to south-east with acorn finials, flanked by curving sweep walls terminating in square-profile limestone piers with wrought-iron gates. Wrought-iron pedestrian garden gate to east of house. Square-profile roughcast rendered gate piers with carved limestone capping to north of site having curved side walls and wrought-iron gates. Ranges of multiple-bay single-storey outbuildings to north with pitched corrugated-iron roofs and painted rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings throughout with timber battened fittings.

An interesting multiple phase house, which is made up of various blocks which were altered and extended to meet changing requirements. Apparently the lower part of the building is the oldest and was extended during the early nineteenth century to provide further accommodation. The house was further extended and its orientation changed to create a five-bay west facing façade over looking a sunken garden, and now has late nineteenth century character. The house retains numerous notable features including timber sash windows and a finely carved date plaque. Apparently Michael Collins was brought here after being shot at Beal na Blath, before being moved to Shanakill Hospital in Cork city.