Aghareagh House — AGHAREAGH (LONGFORD BY.)

Detached five-bay two-storey over half-basement house, built c. 1810. Hipped natural slate roof with a central pair of rendered chimneystacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast lime rendered walls over rubble stone construction (partially exposed to rear (west). Square-headed windows openings having tooled limestone sills, with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to ground and first floors, and three-over-six pane to half-basement. Central round-headed door opening to main elevation (east) having rendered surround, freestanding Ionic doorcase, timber panelled door, and a leaded spider’s web fanlight over. Doorway reached by flight of cut stone steps flanked to either side (north and south) by wrought-iron railings. Square-headed door opening with half-glazed timber battened door under flight of steps to doorway at basement level. Cut limestone coping to parapet wall over basement level. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds with complex of outbuildings (13401325) and walled garden to rear (west). Walled yard to the rear with rubble stone boundary walls, entrance to yard from the south through pair of rendered gate piers having wrought- and cast-iron double gates. Main entrance gate to the house to the southeast of house. Located in the rural countryside to the west of Longford Town.