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Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1675, extended and heightened c. 1750 and in nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with box-bay windows flanking central doorway, and single-storey lean-to flanking additions. Hipped artificial slate roof having rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls, with coursed…

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Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1675, extended and heightened c. 1750 and in nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with box-bay windows flanking central doorway, and single-storey lean-to flanking additions. Hipped artificial slate roof having rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls, with coursed rubble exposed under decayed render to additions. Squared-headed window openings having rendered sills and replacement uPVC windows. Box-bay windows have hipped slate roofs and square-headed timber casement windows, flanking central door opening. One-over-one pane timber sliding sash window to west gable. Round-headed door opening having timber panelled door with spoked fanlight and flanked by Ionic-style limestone engaged columns with carved decoration to capitals imitating Ionic style, approached by three limestone steps. Square-headed openings with timber doors to additions. Approached by driveway from the south. Curved entrance with limestone ashlar walls and copings, terminating in square-profile piers with pointed caps and wrought-iron gates, with limestone wheel guards.
This middle-sized eighteenth-century house originally functioned as a seasonal hunting lodge but now functions as a house with farm behind. The building's balanced façade is a reflection of Georgian interest in symmetrical form and regular proportions. The building is attractively set in partially landscaped grounds on a slight elevation to the west of Newmarket town. The house retains interesting features such as the simple fanlight and the projecting bays to either side of the ornate door surround.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20902202

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  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Harold Strong, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John Tarrant / The Echo, www.echolive.ie
  • The Speckled Bird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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