Brookfield House, County Longford

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Detached three-bay two-storey house on L-shaped plan, built c. 1860, with projecting end bay to the north end of the main façade (northwest) and flat-roofed single-bay porch to the corner of the ‘L’. Recent canted bay window to the southwest elevation. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves, rendered chimneystacks and replacement rainwater goods. Rendered parapet to flat-roofed porch and flat-roof to canted bay window. Roughly coursed dressed limestone walls with cut tooled limestone quoins to the corners. Smooth render to canted bay. Square-headed window openings with tooled cut limestone sills, red brick block-and-start dressings and replacement windows. Square-headed door opening to southeast elevation of porch with limestone step, red brick block-and-start dressing and timber panelled door. Outbuildings to the northeast of random rubble limestone construction with tooled carved monolithic limestone gate posts on square-plan to site. Cast-iron gate piers and double-leaf gates to west of site, now disused. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the south of Keenagh and the northwest of Church of Ireland church (13313025).

A pleasing and well composed middle-sized house of balanced proportions. Interesting features on the site include the limestone and cast-iron gate piers and double leaf gates. In spite of some alterations, including recent refenestration, this house exists largely in its early form and retains much of its original fabric. Its scale and form, and its location in close proximity to the Church of Ireland church (13313025) at Keenagh suggest that it may have been built as a rectory. It is a pleasing feature in the landscape to the south end of Keenagh and is an integral element of the built heritage of the local area. The mature grounds and the gateways add to its visual appeal.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 13313023

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