Ardstraw House

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830, having further three narrower bays to south with fenestration lower than main house, and slightly lower recessed bay to north. Pitched slate roof with brown brick chimneystacks to gables of original block and to gable of northern addition. Roughcast rendered walling. Square-headed window openings, those to original block and north addition having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows; replacement uPVC to southern addition. Round-headed doorway to middle of original block, with fanlight. Set in mature grounds, with short driveway, enclosed by roughcast-rendered masonry boundary wall with recent metal gate.

This middle-size house is notable for the retention of timber sash windows and its fanlight. It is pleasantly set within mature grounds on the road from Dublin city centre to Finglas. It displays historic development through being extended to each end. This house is a notable survivor in this otherwise radically changed suburb of North Dublin.