Moviddy

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, with flat-roofed porch to front (south-east), bay windows to sides (south-west, north-east) and substantial recent extension and lean-to addition to rear (north-west). Hipped slate roof with timber-clad eaves, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with quoins. Decorative render floral details, panelled pilasters and moulded cornices to bay windows and porch. Square-headed window openings having stone sills and moulded render surrounds. uPVC casement windows to front elevation, one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to side (north-east) box-bay window. Round headed window openings with stone sills and one-over-one timber sliding sash windows to side (south-west) bay window. Square-headed door opening with moulded render surround and uPVC door to front (south-east) elevation. Rubble stone outbuilding to rear (north-west) with pitched slate roof. Square-profile cut limestone piers to entrance having curving lined-and-ruled render side walls with cut limestone coping and plinth. Set within own grounds.

This well-proportioned house is typical of the early eighteenth-century middle sized houses of rural Ireland and has been finely embellished by various render decorations. The centrally positioned chimneystacks and tall windows adds a sense of grandeur to the building while the overhanging eaves anchor the building in the landscape. The associated entrance with fine stone piers make a positive contribution to the site.