Anneville House

Complex of single and two-storey outbuildings arranged around two courtyards to the rear (east) of Anneville House (15402631), built c.1745. Two-storey barn (running north to south) to the centre of complex divides courtyard in two. Single-storey building on circular plan to the (extreme) east of complex having brick dressings to segmental-headed carriage arches. Pitched and hipped natural slate roofs with projecting brick eaves course to a number of the structures and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods. Constructed of rubble limestone with curved corners to a number of the ranges (west). Square-headed window and door openings with remains of early timber windows and sheeted timber doors. Segmental-headed carriage arches with dressed limestone voussoirs over to a number of the ranges. Integral segmental-headed carriage-arches to the centre of the range to the west, having brick voussoirs over, giving access to complex from the main house. Rubble limestone boundary and partition walls to site. Rubble limestone gate piers, on circular plan, with wrought-iron gates giving access to fields to the east and the south. Located adjacent to road (north) to the southeast of Mullingar.

A substantial and impressive complex of well-built rubble limestone outbuildings associated with Anneville House (15402631). These buildings retain their early form, plan and character. The rubble limestone construction and the lack of any real architectural adornment to these buildings, helps to give these structures a pleasing vernacular atmosphere. The curved walls to the corners of a number of the ranges, particularly to the west side, are a distinctive design feature, which adds character to these functional structures. The unusual circular building to the east of the complex may have been a horse walk or perhaps even an early animal-powered mill – a rare survival. This substantial complex of ancillary structures helps to provide an insight into the extensive resources required to run and maintain a middle-sized country estate in Ireland during the late eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries. Bounded to the southwest by modern farm buildings, which juxtapose the old with the new. This complex forms part of an interesting group of associated structures with the main house (15402631) and is an important element of the architectural heritage of Westmeath in its own rights. The boundary walls, gate piers and wrought-iron gates complete the setting of this good quality composition.