Old Court, country house in County Kerry

What is recorded here

Old Court in Lixnaw has kept its enormous fireplace and the oven beside it while the rest of the house fell apart. That is a very particular kind of host: dinner will be ready at six, and bring your own room.

Remains of detached five-bay two-storey country house, built c. 1680, extended, c. 1700, derelict in 1775. Now ruinous. Roughly coursed and squared rubble stone walls. Walls step in and out on both faces of building. Render fragments. Timber lintels with stone relieving arches to openings. Tall narrow window openings to west and north walls, sills removed. Large fireplace to east wall interior with oven to left. Ends of rubble partition walls to interior. North end used as sheds at one time with evidence of lean-to roofs visible. Short straight avenue of trees from road to north.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21301503

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