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Castlefarm

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Castlefarm has five windows across the house and eight bays along the stable block. You'd arrive feeling rather grand in your carriage, then discover the horse had booked the better accommodation.
Detached five-bay three-storey mid-Georgian house, built c. 1750, extended to north, c. 1780, comprising five-bay two-storey lower wing on an L-shaped plan with three-bay two-storey return to rear to west, wing now partly ruinous. Pitched slate roof with catslide to rear, clay ridge tiles, rendered gable chimneystack and cast-iron gutter. Roughcast rendered walls to facade with projecting string courses. Rendered south gable with slate-hanging at upper level. Timber six-over-six pane sliding sash windows at ground and first floor, one-over-one pane sliding sash windows at second floor, all with painted stone sills and rendered reveals. Square-headed door opening with overlight and replacement timber panelled door. Retaining interior features. Detached eight-bay two-storey stone-built stable building, built c. 1780, to north with series of square- and segmental-headed integral carriage arches and flight of steps to entrance to first floor. Attached four-bay single-storey corrugated-iron-clad outbuilding, built c. 1940, at right angles to east. Remains of detached single-bay five-storey rubble stone-built medieval tower house to east, built c. 1600, now ruinous. Gateway, built c. 1720, to east comprising pair of cast-iron piers with cast-iron gates and railings.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21304811

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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