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Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c.1800, with return to rear and lean-to extension to the south gable side. Pitched natural slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and with rendered chimneystacks to either gable end (north and south). Roughcast rendered walls with square-headed window openings having stone sills and replacement windows. Round-headed doorcase to the centre of the main façade (east) having cut stone block-and-start surround with keystone and a timber panelled door having a plain fanlight over. Doorway reached up flight of cut stone steps flanked to either side (north and south) by a low rubble stone plinth wall with cast-iron railings over. Set back from road in own grounds with main entrance gates to the north. Located to the east of Milltown and to the southwest of Kinnegad.

An appealing and well-proportioned middle-sized house, which retains its early form and character. Although the building has been refenestrated in recent years it retains much of its original fabric, including a natural slate roof, a good quality cut stone doorcase and a flight of cut stone steps flanked by cast-iron railings. This building is set in attractive mature grounds while the heavy ivy growth lends it a picturesque appearance. The location of this house, sited immediately to the northeast of the site of a corn mill (map 1837, demolished by 1914), suggests that it may have been built by the owner of this enterprise. This building is a worthy addition to the architectural heritage of Westmeath and is an attractive feature along the former main Dublin to Galway road.