Paulstown Castle

Detached three-bay (single-bay deep) three-storey over raised basement country house, built 1828, on a rectangular plan; three-bay full-height rear (west) elevation. Sold, 1892. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Vacant, 1973. Now in ruins. Hipped roof behind parapet now missing, paired limestone ashlar central "wallhead" chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping, and concealed rainwater goods. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble limestone battered walls (ground floor) with cut-limestone flush quoins to corners; part creeper- or ivy-covered limestone ashlar surface finish (upper floors) with cut-limestone stringcourses including cut-limestone stringcourse supporting "Balistraria"-detailed parapet having cut-limestone coping. Pointed-arch central window opening in square-headed recess (basement) with drag edged cut-limestone sill, and cut-limestone voussoirs with remains of hood moulding framing timber casement window behind wrought iron bars. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and limestone ashlar voussoirs with hood mouldings framing remains of eight-over-eight timber sash windows without horns having exposed sash boxes. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and limestone ashlar voussoirs framing remains of eight-over-eight timber sash windows without horns having exposed sash boxes. Interior in ruins. Set in unkempt grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having ball finial-topped capping.