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Creeve Lodge

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Creeve Lodge
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Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1770 having slightly projecting single-bay breakfront to the centre of the main elevation (southeast) and two-bay two-storey return to rear (northwest). Recent extension to return. Possibly formerly in use as a mill manager’s house (c. 1838; Ordnance Survey first edition six-inch map). Pitched natural slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and raised cut stone verges to gable ends (northeast and southwest). Cut stone eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls over rendered plinth course, and painted rendered finish to central breakfront. Square-headed window openings with one-over-one timber sliding sash windows, rendered reveals and painted limestone sills. Central round-headed door opening with carved rusticated limestone block-and-start surround with architrave, replacement glazed timber panel door and with plain overlight. Set back from road in extensive grounds to the northeast of Longford Town. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding to rear (northwest) having pitched corrugated-metal roof with rendered chimneystack and rubble stone masonry walls, partially rendered to the southeast end. Square-headed window and door openings with timber battened doors and remains of timber windows. Segmental-headed carriage arch to centre of the main elevation (northeast) having roughly dressed voussoirs. Main entrance gates to the west having ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having wrought-iron gate, stile to north wall.
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