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Kilcronagh — Kilmacow Lower

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Kilcronagh — Kilmacow Lower
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Detached seven-bay (six-bay deep) two-storey over basement country house, built 1740, on a rectangular plan. Hipped slate roof on a quadrangular plan behind parapet with pressed or rolled lead ridges, rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered red brick header bond stepped eaves with cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls on cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on rendered plinth with rusticated cut-limestone quoins to corners supporting ogee-detailed "Cavetto" cornice on frieze below dwarf parapet; roughcast slate hung surface finish to side (west) elevation. Segmental-headed central door opening approached by flight of eleven bull nose-detailed cut-limestone steps between wrought iron railings, cut-limestone doorcase with Doric columns on padstones having responsive pilasters supporting ogee-detailed cornice framing glazed timber panelled double doors having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Paired square-headed window openings to rear (north) elevation with cut-limestone sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing nine-over-six timber sash windows without horns. Round-headed central window opening (half-landing) with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing fixed-pane fitting having margined square glazing bars. Set in landscaped grounds including terrace centred on flight of six bull nose-detailed cut-limestone steps.

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