Leixlip Castle

Detached three-bay two-storey Georgian house, c.1745, on a symmetrical plan retaining early aspect. Now disused. Hipped roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Brick chimney stack. Cast-iron rainwater goods on moulded brick eaves course. Roughcast walls over rubble stone construction. Unpainted. Shallow segmental-headed window openings to ground floor. Square-headed window openings to first floor. No sills. Brick dressings. 9/6 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening. Cut-stone surround. Timber panelled door. Set back from road in grounds shared with Leixlip Castle.

This house, which is apparently now disused and substantially overgrown, is an attractive symmetrically-planned Georgian building of social and historical significance, representing the continued expansion of Leixlip Demesne in the mid eighteenth century. The house is somewhat unusual in appearance, having no openings to the first floor over the entrance, and only having window openings to the elevation to south. The house retains most of its original form and character, with early or original features and materials in situ, including multi-pane timber sash fenestration, a timber panelled door having a fine cut-stone surround, together with a slate roof having cast-iron rainwater goods.