Ard-na-Chree

Detached three-bay two-storey house, extant 1909, on an L-shaped plan with single-bay two-storey gabled projecting end bay. Pitched terracotta tile roof on an L-shaped plan with terracotta ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks having stringcourses below corbelled stepped capping supporting louvered terracotta pots, chamfered timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins, and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Red brick Flemish bond walls (ground floor) on chamfered plinth; roughcast surface finish (first floor) with terracotta tile surface finish to gables. Square-headed central door opening. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, and red brick voussoirs framing six-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-one timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds with cut-granite tapered piers to perimeter having "Cavetto"-detailed stringcourses below capping supporting cast-iron double gates.

A house representing an integral component of the early twentieth-century domestic built heritage of south County Dublin with the architectural value of the composition, one recalling the nearby Altmor (see 60260178) and Calima (see 60260179), suggested by such attributes as the compact plan form centred on a verandahed doorcase; the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression with the principal "apartments" defined by polygonal bay windows; and the high pitched roofline. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, thus upholding the character or integrity of a house making a pleasing visual statement in Kerrymount Avenue.