House in Gorteennakilla, County Cork

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Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1890, with recent extensions to side (west) and rear (north). Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, uPVC rainwater goods and decorative terracotta ridge tiles. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls with decorative panelling, string course and eaves course. Square-headed openings with render surrounds and decorative pediments moulding. One-over-one replacement timber sliding sash windows with concrete sills. Recent timber glazed door and overlight. Outbuildings to rear and rubble boundary walls to front.

Located on slightly raised ground in open countryside, this structure has a commanding view towards Ballingeary village to the south. This house, although of a characteristic rural two-storey nineteenth century form, is distinctive for its decorative render detailings.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20908101

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