Comeragh House

The saved account records: Detached five-bay two-storey house, c.1825, with single-bay single-storey end bay to right (west), single-bay two-storey canted bay to side elevation to left (east), single-bay two-storey return to south-east, and four-bay two-storey lower return to south-west.

The saved account records: Extensively reconstructed, post-1925.

The saved account records: Extensively reconstructed, post-1975, with two-bay single-storey flat-roofed entrance bay added to front (north) elevation having prostyle tetrastyle Tuscan portico to left (east).

The saved account records: Painted roughcast walls with rendered chimney breast to front (north) elevation, crow-stepped parapet to end bay, and concrete coping to parapet to entrance bay.

Comeragh House matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: A substantial house of irregular quality, the present form and massing resulting from two phases of comprehensive renovation works in the early and late twentieth century. The house is of particular interest for its associations with “The Troubles” (1922 – 1923), which necessitated the first phase of reconstruction. Although much of the original fabric has been lost, the house retains some of its early character, and remains an important feature in the landscape. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.