Bloomfield House, country house in County Tipperary

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Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c.1830, with two-storey return to rear and single- and two-storey additions to rear. Hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with render plinth. Square-headed six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with stone sills and with decorative cast-iron window balconies to some rear windows. Timber-panelled door with moulded block-and-start surround and archivolt with keystone, cobweb fanlight and decorative sidelights. Set within mature gardens. Wrought-iron entrance gates between stone piers with dressed stone caps and curved flanking walls having wrought-iron railings.

A well-designed early nineteenth-century country house, containing original fabric. the fine doorcase is the visual highlight of the building, and the retention of timber sash windows enhances its architectural heritage value. The house is set within a mature garden setting.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 22311019

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