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Attymon House

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Attymon House
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Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey house, built c.1800, with flat-roofed entrance porch to front elevation. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, and with cut stone cornice to porch. Smooth rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows having cut-stone…

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Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey house, built c.1800, with flat-roofed entrance porch to front elevation. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, and with cut stone cornice to porch. Smooth rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows having cut-stone sills and louvred external shutters. Elliptical-headed door opening with timber panelled door with cobweb fanlight, sidelights and timber panelled door. Double-leaf cast-iron gates to road with carved stone piers with rubble stone quadrant walls, rubble stone terminating piers, and rubble stone boundary walls.
The simple symmetrical arrangement of the windows creates a pleasing elevation. Its use as presbytery in the early twentieth century adds interest and the retention of original materials gives this house a pleasing patina of age.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30408501

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