Kilmoylan House, demesne walls in County Limerick

What is recorded here

Kilmoylan House in Kilmoylan Lower has been demolished, but its imposing entrance piers are still refusing to lower their standards. Six stone bouncers, sweeping walls, separate pedestrian gates, and not a soul getting into the house. Flawless security.

What do you know about this place?

Pair of square-profile dressed limestone piers, built c. 1800, with stepped limestone caps and flanking pedestrian entrances having single-leaf cast-iron gates terminating in second pair of square-profile piers. Sweeping limestone walls with limestone copings terminating in third pair of piers. Rubble limestone boundary walls to site.

These imposing piers once formed the entrance to Kilmoylan House, which has since been demolished. Fine quality craftsmanship and high quality design are apparent in the execution and form of the piers. Solidly constructed, the robust piers form a strong focal point, which is balanced by the recessed, subtler form of the pedestrian entrances. The gates provide important context to the locality and form an attractive roadside feature.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21809035

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