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Garrettstown House

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Garrettstown House
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Two range of outbuildings, built c.1710. Detached nine-bay single-storey former estate offices block to west. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack and rubble stone parapets to gables. Rubble stone walls throughout. Square-headed window openings with rendered reveals and sills to front (east) elevation, having tooled limestone voussoirs and keystones with replacement timber and metal casement windows. Square-headed door openings throughout with timber battened doors. Some having tooled limestone surrounds, lintels and tooled limestone voussoirs with keystones. Detached six-bay single-storey former servants' accommodation block to north. Pitched slate roof with recent rooflights. Rubble stone walls with dressed limestone string course below eaves. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and dressed lime stone voussoirs to front (south) elevation, having four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door openings with dressed rubble stone voussoirs to front elevation, having glazed timber and timber battened doors. Pair of round-headed carriage arch openings with rubble stone voussoirs and impost blocks to front elevation, having replacement glazed timber doors with overlights and sidelights. Set facing onto cobbled courtyard. Set within the grounds of Garrettstown House.
This interesting pair adds context to Garrettstown House. The larger of the two buildings was used for a variety of purposes including cooking and laundry, while the other building was used to accommodate servants. Much of the original form and character remain, while the cobbled courtyard adds to the setting and context. The various demesne related buildings and structures, including these buildings, the entrances, and the extensive gardens indicate to the wealth and status this former country house held in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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