Beech Hill, country house in County Galway

What is recorded here

Beech Hill in County Galway has lost its roof but kept one sash window. Somewhere in that heroic refusal to give up is an Irish father insisting you close it because he’s not paying to heat the whole county.

Ruinous remains of two-storey over basement country house, built c.1760. Now overgrown and roofless. Dressed limestone walls to front (west) elevation, and rendered walls to other elevations, rubble stone exposed. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, one with two-over-two pane sliding sash window remaining. Round-headed door opening with sidelights. Cut-stone steps to entrance. Ruinous remains of outbuildings to rear.

Although ruinous, Beech Hill still retains material and features from the eighteenth century. It provides an interesting feature in the local landscape.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30408508

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