Dalystown

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1810, having a single-bay gable-fronted entrance porch to the centre of the front façade (northeast), a blank walled extension to the east end and a two-storey return to the centre of the rear elevation (southwest). Pitched natural slate roof, hipped over extension to the east end, with rendered chimneystacks to either end having terracotta pots over. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings having cut stone sills and with eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor openings and four-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows to the first floor openings. Round-headed doorcase to the front face of projecting porch having cut stone block-and-start doorcase with fluted lintel and fluted keystone detail over, timber door and with a spoke fanlight over. Doorcase flanked to either side by round-headed sidelights having Gothic style timber glazing bars. Set back from road in own grounds to the east of Castletown Geoghegan with complex of single-storey outbuildings to the rear (southwest).

An interesting early nineteenth-century house, which retains its early form, fabric and character despite being no longer occupied. This proportions and detailing to this building lend it the feel of a middle-sized farmhouse with aspirations towards a more formal architectural pedigree. Of particular interest is the fine cut stone doorcase, which enlivens the front façade and helps to elevate this building above many of contemporaries in Westmeath. The sidelights flanking this elegant doorcase have a vaguely Gothic glazing pattern and are another curious and noteworthy feature of this house. It is likely that this porch is a later addition with the doorcase moved to its original location. The blank extension to the east end of the front façade is another unusual feature that is difficult to explain. The extensive complex of rubble limestone outbuildings to the rear and the wrought-iron gates throughout the site complete the setting of this good quality composition, which is a strong addition to the built heritage of the local area.