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Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880, having single-bay projecting flat-roofed porch to the centre of the main elevation (east) and single-bay single-storey extension attached to the south gable end. Now out of use. Pitched natural slate roof to main body of building having raised render verges and rendered chimneystacks to gable ends. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched artificial slate roof to single-storey addition to south having raised render verge and render chimneystack to the south gable end. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls having raised render block quoins to the corners of the main body of the building. Square-headed window openings having stone sills, moulded render architrave surrounds and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to porch having replacement glazed timber door having plain overlight. Set back from road in mature overgrown grounds to the south-east of An Charraig/Carrick. Later single-storey flat-roofed outbuilding to rear (west).

Although now out of use, this well-proportioned house, of late-nineteenth century appearance, retains its original form and character. Its integrity and visual expression is enhanced by the retention of much of its salient fabric including timber sliding sash windows and natural slate roof. The architraved surrounds to the window openings add some decorative interest to this otherwise plain building. Houses of this type were, until recently, a characteristic feature of small Irish towns, villages and the rural countryside but it is now becoming increasingly rare to find an example in such original condition as this building at Kilcasey. This house is one of the more substantial traditional buildings in the area suggesting that it was built by someone of relative importance to the local area at the time of construction. Sensitively restored, this building would make a strongly positive contribution to the rural countryside to the east of An Charraig/Carrick, and it is a modest addition to the built heritage of the local area.