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Garranes House

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Garranes House
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Detached three-bay two-storey country house, built c.1830, having single-bay central projecting bay with recent Doric portico to front (east) and full-height central canted bay to rear (west). Hipped slate roofs with overhanging timber clad eaves, rendered eaves course, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater…

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Detached three-bay two-storey country house, built c.1830, having single-bay central projecting bay with recent Doric portico to front (east) and full-height central canted bay to rear (west). Hipped slate roofs with overhanging timber clad eaves, rendered eaves course, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls having corner pilasters to front elevations. Group of three round-headed window openings to first floor of projecting bay, having limestone sill and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Diminishing square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor and nine-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor. Recent concrete block flat-roofed diastyle portico to front elevation, having paired marble Doric columns surmounted by entablature with moulded cornice. Recent square-headed door opening within portico, approached by steps, with timber panelled door, flanked by sidelights. Set within own grounds.
A pleasing country house which retains fine balanced proportions and many historic features which contribute to its character. The canted bay, entrance breakfront and full-height pilasters are features which mark a departure from the rectangular-plan utilised for many contemporary house. Visible from the road, the house forms an attractive feature in the landscape.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20908420

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Recorded change of use
Originally country house; recorded by the architectural inventory as house
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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Fensome, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Frabjousone, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Neville Goodman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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