What is recorded here
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1850, having later porch to front (north-east), single-storey with dormer attic addition and lean-to porch to side (north-west) and two-storey addition to rear (south-west). Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Pitched slate roof to side (north-west) addition. Artificial slate roof to side (north-west) lean-to porch. Rendered walls throughout with render sill band to first floor and rendered quoins to front elevation. Pointed arch window openings with render sills and two-over-two timber sliding sash windows to front elevation and first floor of side (north-west) elevation. Camber-headed window openings with render sills to ground floor side (north-west) elevation, having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings with render sills and replacement timber casement windows to side (north-west) elevation of rear addition. Square-headed door opening with double-leaf glazed timber doors to side (north-west) elevation of porch, having square-headed door opening to interior with double-leaf glazed timber doors.
Located within its own grounds, this fine house has maintained much of its historic form and character. The building's formally arranged façade is greatly enhanced by unusual pointed arch window openings and decorative render details.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20911105
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- Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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