Baggotstown House

Detached seven-bay two-storey over basement country house, dated 1745, with three-bay two-storey addition to north-east and three-bay breakfront and projecting end bays and canted bay windows to front (south) elevation. Hipped replacement slate roof with rendered square-plan stepped chimneystacks and moulded render eaves course. Coursed limestone and sandstone rubble walls, some rendered. Square-headed openings with tooled limestone sills and red brick surrounds, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows, some with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to sides and rear. Replacement six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to bay windows. Pointed arched window openings with replacement timber framed windows. Square-headed window openings with four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows flanking door. Rectangular basement window opening to ground level with cast-iron bars. Square-headed door opening with tooled limestone surround having stressed key-stone. Blocked square-headed window opening over door with dated keystone. Timber panelled door with rectangular overlight. Cast-iron Doric columns to grounds near front elevation. Square courtyard to rear having two-storey west range with five bays remaining. Pitched slate roof. Coursed rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings with multiple-pane timber framed windows. Square-headed door openings with timber door frame. Single-bay coursed limestone rubble wall with square-plan chimneystacks to north-west corner of courtyard. Segmental-headed door opening with tooled limestone surround. Seven-bay two-storey north range. Pitched slate roof. Coursed tooled limestone walls, slate hung to east gable. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills having timber framed louvered windows. Segmental-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills and timber framed windows. Segmental-headed door openings with tooled limestone voussoirs and timber door frames. Round-headed carriage arch with tooled limestone voussoirs. Seven-bay single-storey south range attached to rear addition of house. Coursed rubble limestone walls with concrete block wall over. Square-headed window and door openings. Wall to east of courtyard area with castellated pediment having round-headed carriage arch. Three-bay single-storey gate lodge. Hipped slate roof with projecting eaves. Rendered walls with strip quoins. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills and quarry glazed casement windows. Square-headed door opening with timber door frame and continuous hoodmoulding over. Entrance with tooled limestone sweep walls having pointed coping and plinth course. Terminating in square-profile piers with pointed caps. Recent aluminium single-leaf gate.

This very fine, well proportioned neo-classical country house retains much of its early form and character. The house displays subtle Gothic detailing in the pointed window openings, breakfront and flanking projecting bays giving the façade character and interest. The building also retains a high quality doorcase and date stone. The entrance gates and lodge to the east and the outbuildings to the north complete the setting of the structure, not merely contextualising it in the landscape, but retaining some interesting architectural detailing such as weatherslating and hoodmouldings which lend them prominence and value in their own right. Keystone reads: '1745 I:B'.