Lisnabrin House — Mountnugent

The saved account records: Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, built c.1840, with flanking lean-to wings, two-storey return, and single-storey decorative glazed porch.

The saved account records: Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles to house, smooth rendered chimneystacks over gables, pitched glazed roof to porch with carved timber bargeboards and wrought-iron finial.

The saved account records: Roughcast rendered walls with smooth bands to corners below eaves and verge and to plinth.

The saved account records: U-plan range of outbuildings to rear forming courtyard, with pitched slate roofs, lime-washed coursed rubble stone walls, and integrated carriage arches with dressed limestone surrounds.

Lisnabrin House — Mountnugent matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Lisnabrin House is a well sited historic building on the southern approach to Mountnugent. A house of classic compact symmetry, it retains its traditional form. The retention of notable featues and materials, including sash windows and the interesting porch addition, add to its character and charm. The related outbuildings add to its setting and context. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.