Killynebber House — Cavan

The saved account records: Detached three-bay two-storey house, built 1874, with advanced two-bay gable-front,canted bay of brick to garden front, four-bay two-storey return to rear and recent conservatory.

The saved account records: Pitched slate roof with overhanging eaves having timber brackets and decorative punched barge board in truss form to gables, roof hipped over canted bay, cast-iron rainwater goods.

The saved account records: Roughcast rendered walls, with red brick to canted bay, having cut-stone string courses at ground and first floor cills over rendered plinth.

The saved account records: Segmental-headed window openings with limestone cills and two-over-two sliding sash windows.

Killynebber House — Cavan matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: A Victorian country house of modest scale retaining most of its original exterior features. The house is characteristic of a house type normally found in suburban locations typified by a blend of materials, in this case brick and roughcast render, with decorative timber details including an unusual oriel window to the stairs. The setting of the house on a rise of ground adds to its picturesque character. According to the current owner, the house was built by Thomas Lough who was involved in the establishment of Killeshandra Co-Op and was also an MP for the county. It was subsequently owned by the Finlays, also… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.