Cappagh House — CAPPAGH SOUTH

The saved account records: Detached three-bay two-storey over part raised basement farmhouse, extant 1838, on a symmetrical plan with three-bay full-height rear (west) elevation.

The saved account records: Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered, ruled and lined central chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on rendered cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes.

The saved account records: lime rendered[?] surface finish to rear (west) elevation.

The saved account records: Square-headed central door opening approached by flight of nine cut-limestone steps between barley twist-detailed wrought iron railings with dragged cut-limestone surround framing replacement timber panelled double doors having overlight.

Cappagh House — CAPPAGH SOUTH matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: A farmhouse representing an integral component of the domestic built heritage of the rural environs of Claremorris with the architectural value of the composition, one rooted firmly in the contemporary Georgian fashion, suggested by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form centred on a restrained doorcase demonstrating good quality workmanship; the definition of the principal floor as a slightly elevated "piano nobile"; and the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.