Bawn in Annfield

Situated on a rise in gently undulating pastureland. A late seventeenth/early eighteenth-century house (TN040-010) in ruinous condition composed of randomly coursed limestone rubble with cut-stone window surrounds and quoins. The quoins are revealed beneath the rendering and show some evidence of drafting. The gable walls extend beyond the W crossing-wall indicating that this was a double-pile house or that a high bawn wall was attached to the W part of the house, as at Piedmont House, Co. Louth (Buckley and Sweetman 1991, 370). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

Built in the late 17th or early 18th century, Bawn in Annfield was likely constructed by a local landowning family, reflecting the expansion of rural estates during the post-Tudor period. Its importance lies in its architectural style and as a rare surviving example of early stone-built country houses in the region.