Leixlip Castle

Detached six-bay single-storey mono-pitched rubble stone outbuilding, c.1780, retaining early aspect with series of square-headed integral carriageways along front (south-east) elevation. Mono-pitched roof with slate. Rendered coping to ridge. No rainwater goods on eaves course. Broken coursed squared rubble stone wall to rear (north-west) elevation. Square-headed openings (integral carriageways). Timber boarded double doors. Set back from road in grounds shared with Leixlip Castle. Stone cobbled lane to front (south-east).

This outbuilding is an attractive long, low rubble stone range that forms an integral component of the Leixlip Castle estate. The building is of some social and historical significance, attesting to the expansion of the estate in the late eighteenth century. The rubble stone construction is a feature shared in common with further buildings in the grounds and is representative of the traditional economic method of building at the time. A distinguishing feature is the almost entirely timber-clad front (south-east) elevation, composed of a series of timber boarded double doors fronting square-headed integral carriageways. Well-maintained, the outbuilding retains much of its original form and character. Also of interest is the stone cobbling to the laneway to south-east, which has elsewhere been replaced or covered with tarmacadam.