Overview
Capragh is recorded as outbuilding in Monaghan. Detached two-storey multiple-bay outbuilding to north-east of ruinous house, built c.1820, having single-storey outbuilding attached to north-west gable. Square-headed openings having red brick surrounds and cut-stone sills.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached two-storey multiple-bay outbuilding to north-east of ruinous house, built c.1820, having single-storey outbuilding attached to north-west gable.
People and work
The saved account records: Square-headed openings having red brick surrounds and cut-stone sills.
How it changed
The saved account records: Elliptical-arch door opening having cut-stone voussoirs.
What survives
The saved account records: Cut-stone carriage arch to north-west edge of yard having red brick soffit, slate coping, and cut-stone voussoirs, adjoining rubble stone wall to a former outbuilding having red brick surrounds to openings.
Why it mattered
Capragh matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This substantial outbuilding retains its early form and character and acts as a reminder of the substantial house that once stood on the site. The arched openings display skilled stone masonry and are typical of nineteenth-century outbuilding structures associated with country houses. While the surrounding buildings are now ruinous the relationship of the outbuildings to the yard behind the house remains evident. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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