
What is recorded here
Detached four-bay two-storey country house, built c.1860, with gabled end bay to south-east of facade, gabled end bay to south-west of south-east elevation, two-storey return to rear, abutted by single-storey extension. Set within its own grounds. Pitched slate roof with sproketed eaves having timber brackets, stone ridge tiles, ruled-and-lined rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered quoins. Square-headed window openings with rounded corners, rendered surrounds and timber sash window with stone sills. Segmental-headed window openings to gabled bay of side elevations with rendered surrounds, timber casement windows and stone sills. Canted-bay window to north-west side elevation. Round-headed timber sash window to return. Square-headed door opening to gabled bay of façade with rounded corners, rendered surrounds and glazed timber double doors opening to timber balcony. New red brick outbuildings and walled garden constructed to rear site. Terraced lawn to front site sweeping down to banks of Little Brosna River. Modern stone and metal railings and gates to road.
The asymmetrically designed house displays notable architectural features that combine to create a stylish exterior, which is reflective of domestic designs of the architect John Skipton Mulvany. Elements including square-headed window openings with rounded corners, and the sprocketed pitched roof give the structure a unique character.
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