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Colganstown House

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Colganstown House
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What is recorded here

Three-bay two-storey over basement house with three-bay two-storey flanking wings, built c.1760, with rendered walls and stone quoins. House has a breakfront centre with a Diocletian window above a tripartite fanlighted and pedimented doorway.The back elevation is of one-bay on either side of a curved central bow, into which the staircae extends. Hipped slate roof with parapet, and single-storey rubble stone outbuildings. Rusticated gate piers with iron gates to site.
The visible corner of the house suggests a symmetrical mid-size Georgian house with attractive detailing and extensive outbuildings.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11207009

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Recorded change of use
Originally country house; recorded by the architectural inventory as house
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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Irishshagua, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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