Dunnamancastle House

Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, built c. 1800, having porch to front (east) elevation and three-bay two-storey block to rear (west) elevation having lean-tos to south and west elevation. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and render eaves course. Pitched slate roof to rear block having render eaves course and render over brick chimneystacks. Single-pitched slate roofs to lean-to. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render plinth course and quoins. Render cornice to porch. Square-headed openings having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Paired square-headed openings to porch with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed openings to south elevation having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening to porch having replacement overlight over replacement uPVC door. Square-plan three-stage tower house to south, having carved Síle-na-Gig to east elevation. Gable-fronted outbuilding to south-west having pitched corrugated-iron roof. Rubble limestone walls. Square-headed opening with metal door. Five-bay single-storey outbuilding to west. Pitched corrugated-iron roof having red brick eaves course, chimneystack and bellcote. Rendered walls. Square-headed window and door openings. Elliptical-headed carriage arch to north with rendered walls. Pair of square-profile rendered piers to east with terracotta finials.

This farmhouse, despite its condition, is enhanced by the retention of features such as the timber sash windows, render quoins and slate roof. The farmhouse has an interesting form to the rear, which indicates different building phases in the past. The site contains some outbuildings whose significance is heightened by the elliptical-arch opening and bellcote. A tower house is located within the curtilage and its Síle-na-Gig is reputedly the largest in Ireland.