Overview
Quarrymount House is recorded as house in Galway. Detached five-bay two-storey country house, built c.1830, with basement and shallow entrance breakfront having scar of former porch. Lower two-storey return to return is recent rebuild.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached five-bay two-storey country house, built c.1830, with basement and shallow entrance breakfront having scar of former porch.
People and work
The saved account records: Lower two-storey return to return is recent rebuild.
How it changed
The saved account records: Interior restored, with elaborate gilded decorative plasterwork.
What survives
The saved account records: Rendered walls having limestone base moulding, limestone platband above ground floor window level, and raised concrete quoins.
Why it mattered
Quarrymount House matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This house is a very good example of the application of neo-classical design as practised by the Morrisons and other architects of the period. The bow is a particularly fine example of this type of design. The exterior was redecorated in the late nineteenth century but looks well with the proportions of the façade. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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