Ballysheehan House

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1905, having lower three-bay two-storey return to rear, and single-bay two-storey projection to east side of rear with water tank. Hipped artificial slate roof, with pitched roof having eaves course to return, flat-roofed to east projection, and having yellow brick chimneystacks to centre of main roof and return roof. Rendered walls with rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills and timber sliding sash one-over-one pane windows. Two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to return, barred to ground floor. Some replacement uPVC windows to return and to flat-roof projection. Segmental-headed door opening with timber doorcase having panelled sidelights, spoked overlight and timber panelled door, with step. Yard to rear has single-storey outbuildings one along roadside, flanked by gables of two others, with pitched slate and corrugated-iron roofs, rendered and rubble limestone walls, and square-headed openings with timber fittings. Rubble limestone and rendered boundary walls and rendered square-profile piers with plinths, string course and caps and having cast-iron double-leaf gates.

The three-bay two-storey form so popular for middle-sized houses in County Tipperary is repeated here, with the usual roofline formed by a hipped roof and paired chimneystacks. The large openings, particularly that of the door, the large panes of glass, and the yellow brick chimneystacks are evidence of its late date. Developments in glazing technology made large panes possible, letting in more light than windows with many glazing bars holding lots of small panes. The mature grounds and the sturdy entrance piers provide a context which enhances the building and the arrangement of outbuildings, to the rear of the house are sited symmetrically along the road.