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Detached country house, built c.1770, with three-bay two-storey over half-basement front façade and five-bay rear façade. Now in use as private house and undergoing renovations. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Square-headed openings with timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane with three-over-three pane to basement, with cut limestone sills except for rear of basement. Elliptical-headed door opening with timber panelled door, fanlight and sash sidelights. Flight of stone steps up to door. Outbuildings to site. Three-bay lodge to site entrance with advanced central bay, hipped slate roof, rendered roughly-dressed limestone walls.

The elevated position of this house makes it a significant feature over the surrounding countryside. Its appearance is enhanced by a sympathetic refurbishment with the slate roof and timber sash windows being retained and repaired. Its two main façades differ in their arrangements, but are both typical of elegant eighteenth-century proportions and scale.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 22402104

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Recorded change of use: Originally country house; recorded by the architectural inventory as house

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