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Emsworth

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Emsworth
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Detached five-bay two-storey country house, 1794, with pedimented three-bay two-storey central bay flanked by single-bay, single-storey, overlapping wings. Fanlighted doorway under porch of engaged Doric columns and entablature. Ground floor centre windows and windows of wings set in arched recesses. Coach house and stable yard to rear. The only one of James Gandon's villas to survive intact. Drawing for Emsworth initialled 'J.G. March 94' and inscribed ' Erected for J. Woodmason Esqr. Stemworth' is in National Library, Dublin.

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Photo: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Website use allowed for educational or private purposes with source credit