Grene Park, country house in County Tipperary

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Detached five-bay two-storey over basement house, built c. 1800, with shallow three-bay rear return and three-bay side elevations. Hipped slate roof, projecting to cover return, with cut limestone chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and overhanging eaves and moulded eaves course. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls with cut limestone quoins and plinth. Square-headed window openings with timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to first and nine-over-six pane to ground, three-over-six pane and round-headed six-over-six pane to return, and barred windows to basement, all with tooled limestone sills. Segmental-headed entrance opening with moulded limestone surround. Recessed ashlar limestone inset, having chamfered surrounds to timber panelled door and paned sidelights, with moulded limestone cornice, petal fanlight and cut limestone steps. Yard behind house has segmental-headed entrance arch, weighing crane, pump and mainly two-storey roughly-dressed limestone outbuildings having pitched slate roofs and red brick voussoirs to window and door openings. Entrance gateway consists of wrought-iron gates set to ashlar limestone piers. Three-bay single-storey gate lodge sited opposite gates and has hipped slate roof, smooth rendered walls, timber battened door and casement windows.

This house is typical of a small country house associated with gentleman farmers of the nineteenth century. The classically-designed doorcase, fine sliding sash windows and widely overhanging eaves contribute to the building's distinctive character. The impressive outbuildings to the rear with pump and weighing crane contribute to the setting of the house, reflecting its continuing function as a farmstead.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 22205219

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