Fort Etna, country house in County Limerick

What is recorded here

Fort Etna in Ballybronoge North puts a grand Venetian window directly above an already grand doorway. The Peacocke family lived here, and the entrance does rather suggest one peacock arrived at the party to find another standing on its head.

Detached five-bay two-storey over basement country house, built in 1791. Pedimented and shouldered doorcase with Venetian window with side lights above. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills. Hipped roof with red brick chimneystacks. Steps up to entrance door. Gable-fronted farm buildings treated as wings. Enclosed yard to rear with lofted stables.

Fort Etna was originally the seat of the Peacocke family. It is significant architecturally with the combination of the pedimented doorcase and the Venetian window above. The house is also very similar to the much simpler designed former Fort Elizabeth.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21901243

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