What is recorded here
Detached irregular-plan multiple-bay three-storey building of three periods, commenced c. 1780. Originally built as house, later used as clubhouse. Comprising three-bay three-storey main block with adjoining two-bay three-storey block, having wing set at right angle to main elevation, and with mid nineteenth century…
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From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20000050
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