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Cooperhill House

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Cooperhill House
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Cooperhill House in Cooperhill had two storeys at the front and three behind. 'We only have the two floors, ' you could say, perfectly straight-faced, while steering the parish fundraising committee firmly away from the back.

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Detached six-bay two-storey country house, built in 1741, with two-bay pedimented breakfront and three-storey rear. Now in ruins. No roof. Red brick chimneystack to gable end, west elevation with sawtooth motifs and camber-headed opening. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings, some with limestone sills. Square-headed window openings to north elevation with red brick surrounds. Four-bay single-storey outbuilding to north. No roof. Rubble limestone walls. Segmental-headed carriage arches having red brick voussoirs, now partially blocked up. Square-headed door openings to east wall. Two rubble limestone walled gardens having red brick walls to interior walls. Round-headed carriage arches with red brick voussoirs. Three-bay single-storey outbuilding to west. Pitched corrugated-iron roof. Rubble limestone walls. Square-headed door openings.
Although in a ruinous condition, the former Cooperhill demesne continues to play an important role in the surrounding landscape. The main house was originally a six-bay two-storey house with a three-storey elevation to the side and rear. It had a two-bay pedimented breakfront and had a grand doorcase with segmental-headed pediment flanked by two small windows. The main house, outbuildings and extensive walled gardens are extant and provide a point of drama in the landscape. The walled gardens, complete with brick interior walls are in a fair condition and their survival contributes further to Cooperhill's significance.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21900412

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Stevesphotography, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Jon Sullivan, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Joseph Mischyshyn, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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