Ard na Gaoithe, house in County Monaghan

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Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1920, having full-height gabled slightly projecting entrance bay, flanked by canted bay windows to front (north-west) elevation, two-bay gable elevations, and addition to rear. Pitched slate roof, with terracotta ridge tiles, cast-iron rainwater goods and polychrome brick chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls, having painted brick block-and-start quoins. Square-headed window openings mainly, with round-headed window to first floor of entrance projection, with render reveals and one-over-one-pane timber sliding sash windows. Double-leaf steel gate to north-east, flanked by square-plan painted masonry piers with panelled detailing and decorative caps with finials.

Prominently sited and visible from the road, the symmetry of the façade of this house is enhanced by a central full-height gabled bay, and by the retention of salient features, most notably its polychrome brick chimneystacks and timber sliding sash windows.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 41401609

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