What is recorded here
Detached five-bay three-storey former country house, c.1800, now in use as hospital administrative offices. Pedimented central breakfront bay with steps leading to panelled timber door. Pedimented doorcase having pilasters, with Venetian and Diocletian windows over, the latter now containing a clock. Roughcast rendered walls with cut stone dressings. uPVC casement windows. Blank gables with full-height chimney breasts. Rere elevation has advanced bay with arched and Diocletian windows. M-profile slate roof with chimney stacks to gables. Six-bay three-storey laundry extension to north. Multiple modern annexes to west. Commemorative plaque in hallway.
A handsome, substantial former Palladian country house which, though no longer in domestic use, retains its original imposing form and some internal features. Acts as a focal point within the hospital grounds.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11208003
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- jwd, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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