Carrigboy Castle

Detached two-bay two-storey house, built c.1870, having gable-fronted projecting block to front (east), earlier two-bay two-storey block to side (north), and later extension to rear (west). Incorporating fabric of earlier building. Pitched slate roof with red brick and rendered chimneystacks, terracotta ridge tiles and cast-iron rainwater goods. Stepped roughcast rendered parapets to gables of projecting block and northern block having render coping. Roughcast rendered walls with recessed rendered plinth band. Round-headed window openings to first floor of front elevation, having square-headed window openings elsewhere, with limestone sills throughout. One-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed door opening to front elevation, having timber panelled door, single-pane fanlight and limestone threshold. Square-headed door openings to former dwelling, with timber battened doors. Outbuildings to rear of site with pitched corrugated-iron roofs and rubble stone walls. Square-profile render piers to front of site with curved roughcast rendered walls and double-leaf wrought-iron gates.

This unusually laid out middle-sized house is a curious addition to the architectural heritage. The stepped gables are interesting features, while the various wings indicate phased construction. Thought to have been extensively reconstructed in the 1860s, some fabric was apparently lost in the 1930s. Set in mature grounds, the house and outbuildings form a noteworthy group.