Glassely House, miller's house in County Kildare

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Detached three-bay two-storey over basement former mill owner's house, c.1780, retaining early fenestration with segmental-headed door opening to centre, single-bay two-storey lean-to lower end bay to north, three-bay three-storey rear elevation to west and two-bay two-storey return to rear to west. Now in private residential use. Hipped roof with slate (lean-to to recessed end bay; gable-ended to return). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Square rooflights to recessed end bay and to return. Rendered band to eaves. Cast-iron rainwater goods on iron brackets. Roughcast walls over rubble stone construction. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings (round-headed to centre rear elevation to west). Stone sills. 3/6 and 6/6 timber sash windows (1/1 timber sash windows to return). Segmental-headed door opening. Timber doorcase. Timber panelled door. Fixed-pane sidelights and spoked fanlight. Set back from road in own grounds. Gravel forecourt to front. Attached two-bay two-storey outbuilding, c.1780, to return to west retaining early fenestration. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Yellow brick chimney stack with traces of render over. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. 3/6 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening. Timber door. Mill stone to site. Gateway, c.1780, to south-east comprising pair of piers with moulded capping having curved flanking walls.

Glassely House is a fine and well-maintained late-Georgian substantial house that, although related to the adjacent mill (now disused), may pre-date the mill complex. The house is composed of graceful proportions on a symmetrical design centred about a decorative doorcase and is therefore of considerable architectural significance. Many original features and materials survive intact, including multi-pane fenestration, the doorcase, and a slate roof, and this serves to suggest that early or original features of note may survive intact to the interior. Set within attractive grounds a former mill stone survives nearby, which attests to the industrial nature of the building and which is of technical interest. The entrance to the grounds is announced on the side of the road by a fine gateway that, although considerably dismantled, is an attractive feature in the locality.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11903201

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