What is recorded here

Detached two-bay two-storey herdsmen house, built c.1890, with lean-to single-bay addition to north. Set within Birr Castle demesne. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered plinth to pebbledashed walls. Timber sash windows with stone sills to lean-to. Timber frames with cast-iron casement windows to main house. Square-headed door opening with timber battened door. Outbuilding to south. House set against demesne wall with pedestrian gate to north giving access out of the demesne.

This modest house was built for the herdmen who looked after the estate cattle in the cowsheds on the other side of Mount Palmer. It is a picturesque addition to the Birr Castle demesne. Located against the demesne wall, it retains much original fabric and materials. Wth its simple design, it attests to the high level of estate building in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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