Straffan House

Detached nine-bay two-storey former stable complex, built 1832, on a quadrangular plan about a courtyard with single-bay full-height pedimented breakfront having round-headed integral carriageway, single-bay two-storey advanced end bays, ten-bay two-storey wings at right angles to east and to west, nine-bay two-storey wing to south completing quadrangle and originally with series of segmental-headed integral carriageways to interior of courtyard including second pedimented integral carriageway to south-east. Renovated, c.1995, to accommodate use as hotel. Hipped roof on a quadrangular plan with slate. Rolled lead ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on brackets. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Cut-limestone breakfront with pediment over having cut-stone surround. Cut-limestone dressings including quoins to corners and stringcourse to first floor end bays. Cut-limestone to ground floor interior of courtyard with cut-limestone piers. Roughcast/pebbledashed to first floor. Square-headed window openings (in round-headed recessed niches to end bays having cut-limestone voussoirs). Stone sills. Cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds. 8/4 and 12/8 timber sash windows (some possibly replacement). Round-headed integral carriageway. Cut-limestone dressings including stringcourse to spring of arch and voussoirs. Some oculus windows to first floor to interior of courtyard. Cut-limestone voussoirs. Timber fittings. Series of segmental-headed integral carriageways to ground floor interior of courtyard remodelled, c.1995, to accommodate square-headed openings having glazed iron continuous canopy over on cast-iron pillars. Replacement timber casement windows, c.1995, on timber panelled plinths with decorative fanlights over. Replacement glazed timber double doors, c.1995, with sidelights and fanlights. Set back from road in grounds shared with Straffan House (Hotel). Tarmacadam drive off main avenue to front (north). Formal garden to courtyard.