Clonwhelan House

Complex of single- and two-storey outbuildings associated with Clonwhelan House (13402004), built c. 1780 and c. 1860. Detached nine-bay two-storey outbuilding to the northwest, built c. 1860, having projecting central bay to main elevation (southeast), and with single-storey single-bay addition to northeast gable end. Pitched natural slate roof with projecting cut stone eaves course, raised cut stone coping to gable ends (southwest and northwest) and a central red brick chimneystack. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared rubble limestone walls with roughly dressed quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings at ground floor level having dressed limestone surrounds, louvered window fittings or remains of timber windows, and with limestone sills Wrought-iron bars to the interior of a number of openings. Circular window openings at first floor level having dressed limestone surrounds and timber louvered fittings. Some square-headed window openings at first floor level having limestone sills and remains of timber fittings; openings now blocked. Square-headed doorways having dressed limestone surrounds and timber battened doors with louvered, glass or panel overlights. Square-headed carriage arch to projecting central bay having timber battened double doors. Single-bay single-storey annex attached to the northeast gable end having hipped natural slate roof, roughly dressed limestone walls, and segmental-headed carriage arch with red brick voussoirs and roughly dressed limestone surrounds. Single-bay outbuilding to the northeast, built c. 1780, of two-storey building having pitched corrugated-metal roof with raised rendered verges to gable ends (southeast and northwest), rubble limestone walls with blocked carriage arch to southeast gable, end and square-headed openings with timber fittings. Three-bay single-storey hay barn, c. 1930, to the southwest having corrugated-metal barrel-vaulted roof supported on wrought-iron/steel supports. Wrought-iron flat bar gates to site. Located to the rear (northwest) of Clonwhelan House (13402004) and to the southeast/east of Edgeworthstown.

These outbuildings form part of a group of related structures with Clonwhelan House (13402004). They retain their early form, character and much of their early fabric. Their simple forms are indicative of their intended utilitarian function. Of particular note is the substantial two-storey outbuilding, which was constructed sometime during the second half of the nineteenth-century and survives in good condition. This outbuilding is well-built using good quality stone masonry, and retains well-executed dressed surrounds to the openings. The symmetrical form of this outbuilding, with a central projecting bay and with circular openings at first floor level, hints at modest formal architectural aspirations. The steeply pitched corrugated-metal roof to the outbuilding to the northeast suggests that it may have formerly been a thatched dwelling, later converted to use as an outbuilding. The simple hayshed with corrugated-metal barrel-vaulted roof is an early example of its type and will, perhaps, represent part of the architectural heritage in the future. These outbuildings make an interesting group with the associated house, and with the entrance gates to the south.