Hampstead House

The saved account records: Detached five-bay three-storey house with basement to rear, built c.1780, with remains of three-storey half-hexagonal bow to central three bays of front elevation, and three-storey projecting stairs bay to rear.

The saved account records: Coursed rubble limestone walls with lime render, moulded cornice, tooled ashlar limestone quoins to front elevation, and tooled limestone plinth with coping.

The saved account records: Ashlar limestone façade to front, and remains of lime render over coursed rubble to other elevations.

The saved account records: Set in triangular plot between two laneways with random rubble limestone walled garden to north.

Hampstead House matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: The bow-fronted element of this structure is a particularly rural feature of mid-eighteenth-century Irish country houses. This handsome building, though now in ruins, is a grand architectural accomplishment and a testament to the importance the estate once held. The finely tooled stonework, detailing and scale add to its attractiveness and ensure its architectural importance to the area. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.