Gorteenmore House

Detached three-bay two-storey house, post-1917, on a symmetrical plan centred on single-bay single-storey projecting glazed porch to ground floor. Now disused. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having corbelled stepped stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining some cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls on rendered chamfered plinth. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in unkempt landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having capping supporting wrought iron double gates.

A house representing an integral component of the early twentieth-century domestic built heritage of the outskirts of Tuar Mhic Éadaigh [Toormakeady] with the architectural value of the composition suggested by such traits as the compact rectilinear plan form centred on an understated doorcase; and the slight diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a feint graduated visual impression. A period of unoccupancy notwithstanding, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, thereby upholding the character or integrity of a house making a pleasing, if largely inconspicuous visual statement in a sylvan setting.