Knock Abbey — THOMASTOWN

Attached six-bay three-storey country house, dated 1754, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay (single-bay deep) full-height central return (south); four-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey block (south-east) on a rectangular plan. Extended, 1858; 1863, producing present composition. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Burnt, 1923. Reconstructed, 1925. Sold, 1998. Restored, 2004. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan behind parapet centred on pitched slate roof (south), clay ridge tiles, coping to gables with rendered chimney stacks to apexes having stepped capping supporting terracotta tapered pots, and concealed rainwater goods with cast-iron downpipes; flat roof not visible behind parapet (south-east) with concealed rainwater goods retaining cast-iron hoppers and square-profile downpipes. Replacement rendered walls with "Cavetto"-detailed ogee cornice below lead-covered dwarf parapet; part creeper-covered repointed rubble stone walls (south-east) with machicolation (west) or turret (east) framing battlemented parapets having coping. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing nine-over-nine or three-over-six (top floor) timber sash windows without horns. Pointed-arch door opening (east) with threshold supporting cast-iron bootscrapers, timber doorcase with clustered colonettes on cut-limestone padstones supporting shallow cornice on rosette-detailed frieze, and moulded rendered surround having stepped reveals framing glazed timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers below fanlight. Pointed-arch off-central door opening (south-east) with repointed voussoirs framing glazed timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers below fanlight. Pointed-arch window openings with cut-limestone sills, and repointed voussoirs framing eight-over-eight timber sash windows centred on six-over-six timber sash windows having overlights. Set in landscaped grounds.