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What is recorded here
The Farmyard complex in Thomastown sits beside Sweetman’s Castle with a corrugated-iron rolling door. The castle gets to suggest sieges and noble blood; the farmyard looks like it knows where the nobles bought their second-hand mower.
Farmyard complex, extant 1839, including: Attached six-bay two-storey outbuilding on a rectangular plan originally three-bay two-storey. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on timber construction with ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods with cast-iron downpipes. Coursed rubble stone walls retaining sections of lime rendered or roughcast surface finish; part roughcast surface finish to rear (south) elevation. Square-headed central opening (east) with corrugated-iron rolling door. Square-headed window openings with timber lintels framing timber fittings. Set in shared grounds.
A farmyard complex forming part of a self-contained group alongside the adjoining Sweetman's Castle [SMR KK028-040010-] with the resulting ensemble making a pleasing visual statement overlooking the River Nore.
The story behind this place
A farmyard complex forming part of a self-contained group alongside the adjoining Sweetman's Castle [SMR KK028-040010-] with the resulting ensemble making a pleasing visual statement overlooking the River Nore.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 12317008
This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.
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Photo credits
- Humphrey Bolton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Humphrey Bolton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Gerd Eichmann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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