Ballynameagh House

Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1775, with projecting gable-fronted porch to north elevation. Currently unoccupied. Pitched natural slate roof with rendered chimneystacks to either end. Smooth rendered walls with raised block quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings, irregularly spaced, having replacement timber casement windows. Square-headed doorcase to west face of porch. Set back from road in own grounds with rendered rubble stone boundary wall and wrought-iron bar gate to the front (north). Collection of single-storey rubble stone outbuildings, arranged around a forecourt to the front (north). Located to the northwest of Castlepollard.

An unusual two-storey vernacular house, which retains its early massing and form despite some recent alterations. This curious house has a number of interesting features that suggest it may be of considerable antiquity. The roof is covered with small natural slates and has an undulating surface, indicating the presence of early hand-cut roof timbers. The irregular fenestration pattern, a common feature of vernacular buildings, suggests that this structure may have been extended along its length on a number of occasions. This interesting structure deserves some further investigation and remains an important element of the vernacular heritage of Westmeath.