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Complex of single- and two-storey outbuildings to the rear of altered three-bay two-storey house (not in survey), built c. 1830 and c. 1850. Comprises a detached five-bay single-storey outbuilding to the southwest, c. 1820, and a detached multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to the northwest, built c. 1850. Pitched…

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Complex of single- and two-storey outbuildings to the rear of altered three-bay two-storey house (not in survey), built c. 1830 and c. 1850. Comprises a detached five-bay single-storey outbuilding to the southwest, c. 1820, and a detached multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to the northwest, built c. 1850. Pitched natural slate roofs. Rubble limestone walls having square-headed window and door openings with timber fittings. Segmental-headed carriage arches to both ranges with roughly dressed limestone voussoirs and battened timber doors. Outbuildings arranged around a courtyard to the north of altered three-bay two-storey house having hipped slate roof and square-headed openings with replacement fittings. Set back from road in mature grounds to the rural countryside to the northwest of Edgeworthstown. Main entrance gates to the southeast of house comprising a carved limestone gate posts (on octagonal-plan) having chamfered edges and pyramidal-shaped heads. Pair of wrought-and cast-iron gates to gateway.
This attractive and picturesque complex of single- and two-storey nineteenth-century outbuildings retain their early form and character. They are arranged around a courtyard to the rear (north) of an altered two-storey house (not in survey) and represent typical but well-maintained examples of their type and date. The single-storey outbuilding to the southwest side of the yard was built c. 1820 (Ordnance Survey first edition six-inch map 1838), while the two-storey building to the northwest side was built later, perhaps c. 1850. These outbuildings are constructed in rubble limestone and retain good quality voussoirs to the carriage arches and natural slate roofs. This rubble stone construction lends these outbuildings an appealing vernacular appearance. The monolith limestone gate posts, which are unusual for their octagonal shape, and the good cast- and wrought-iron enhance the setting and add considerably to this composition.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 13401439

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