Hill House in Kylebeg or Banagher, County Offaly

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Detached three-bay two-storey house, built in 1753, with gabled central bay to façade with modern porch and single-bay two-storey wing to south and two-bay two-storey wing to north. Now used as a bed and breakfast. Set within own grounds. Pitched tiled roof with red brick chimneystacks, terracotta ridge tiles and timber bargeboards. Rendered walls with plaque to central gabled bay. Replacement timber windows with stone sills. Timber panelled door to porch. Adjoining single-storey outbuilding to south in ruins. Stone walled enclosure to south, possibly former walled garden.

Hill House is located in a prominent setting close to Saint Paul's Church. This house was once the home of Charlotte Brontë's husband, Mr. Nicholls, who returned to Banagher after Charlotte's death. The connection of the house to Brontë, one of the most renowned writers of the nineteenth century, is revealed in its commercial name, Charlotte's Way, giving the house cultural interest. The house itself retains its original form and scale, and its unusual roof line makes a pleasing addition to the streetscape.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14810004

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