Coarsefield House

The saved account records: Detached three-bay single-storey farmhouse, extant 1873, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled "bas-relief" breakfront with single-bay (three-bay deep) single-storey central return (south).

The saved account records: Replacement pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof with hipped slate roof (south), ridge tiles, paired cement rendered central chimney stacks having chamfered capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal or tapered pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on box eaves.

The saved account records: Creeper- or ivy-covered rendered walls.

The saved account records: Bisected Tudor-headed central door opening approached by flight of five steps, concealed dressings with crow stepped hood moulding over framing timber panelled door having overlight.

Coarsefield House matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: A farmhouse representing an integral component of the later nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of the rural environs of Claremorris with the architectural value of the composition, one rooted firmly in the contemporary "picturesque" fashion, confirmed by such attributes as the deliberate alignment maximising on scenic vistas overlooking landscaped grounds; the symmetrical footprint centred on a "pointed" doorcase showing a stylised overlight; and the definition of the principal "apartments" by handsome bay windows. Having been reasonably well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.