Farmyard complex in Killegney

Farmyard complex, extant 1885, on an U-shaped plan including (north-east): Attached three-bay two-storey farmhouse on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to ground floor; three-bay single-storey lean-to return along rear (east) elevation. Hipped and pitched slate roof extending into lean-to slate roof (east); pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), clay ridge tiles, rendered central "wallhead" chimney stack to rear (east) elevation having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on slate flagged eaves. Tuck pointed coursed or snecked rubble limestone walls with cut-granite flush quoins to corners; red brick English Garden Wall bond surface finish (porch). Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six (ground floor) or three-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes centred on two-over-two timber sash window (ground floor); (south): Attached seven-bay two-storey stable outbuilding on a rectangular plan. Pitched and hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on slate flagged eaves. Tuck pointed coursed or snecked rubble limestone walls with cut-granite flush quoins to corners. Series of four square-headed door openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber boarded doors. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber boarded fittings behind wrought iron bars; (west): Attached three-bay single-storey coach house on a rectangular plan. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on slate flagged eaves. Tuck pointed coursed or snecked rubble limestone walls. Series of three segmental-headed carriageways with red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber boarded double doors. Set in landscaped grounds with granite ashlar piers to perimeter having cut-granite shallow pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron double gates.

A farmyard complex representing an integral component of the nineteenth-century built heritage of County Wexford with the architectural value of the farmhouse, one allegedly erected for occupation by the steward of an estate 'that the original owner fully intended to build…but the house [for which] was never built' (Rowe and Scallan 2004, 600), suggested by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form centred on an expressed porch; the construction in a blue-green fieldstone offset by red brick dressings producing a pleasing palette; and the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression. Having been well maintained, each range survives intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior, thus upholding the character or integrity of a farmyard complex making a pleasing visual statement in a sylvan setting.