Killeennadraw

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1840, having a projecting single-bay gable-fronted porch to the centre of the front facade. Pitched natural slate roof having a single central chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls over a smooth plinth with smooth rendered bands to the corners. Square-headed window openings having rendered reveals with one-over-one or two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening to porch having a timber sheeted door. Set back from road in own grounds to the northeast of Mount Temple.

A typical early-to-mid nineteenth-century farmhouse, which retains much of its early character and form. This modest building is enhanced by the retention of much of its early fabric while the small window openings suggest a relatively early construction date. Buildings of this nature were once very common in rural Ireland but are now becoming increasingly rare. This house is the last extant building in a nucleated village/settlement, called Killeennadraw (1837 Map). The central door and chimneystack suggests that this is a lobby entry-type vernacular house, possibly built as a single-storey structure and then raised another storey at a later date. It adds to the historic nature of the local area and is an addition to the vernacular heritage of Westmeath.