Russellstown House — RUSSELLSTOWN (ATHY RURAL ED)

Detached three-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey farmhouse, built 1848-9, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor; two-bay two-storey rear (east) elevation. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Renovated, ----. Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, paired cement rendered central chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on slightly overhanging timber boarded eaves having paired timber consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered repointed coursed or snecked limestone walls with margined tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners; rendered surface finish (porch) with rendered monolithic pilasters to corners supporting iron-covered dragged cut-limestone cornice. Square-headed central door opening with dragged cut-limestone step threshold, and timber surround framing replacement timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers. Round-headed window openings ("cheeks") with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing fixed-pane timber fittings. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and cut- or hammered limestone voussoirs framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds with repointed rusticated granite ashlar piers to perimeter having ball finial-topped capping supporting wrought iron-detailed flat iron "farm gate".