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Birr Castle

worker's house
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Birr Castle
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Detached seven-bay single-storey bothy or workers' house, built c.1870, with gable-fronted entrance bay and extension to rear. Set within its own walled grounds and within the Birr Castle demesne. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Random coursed stone walls to front elevation with roughcast render to sides and rear. Cast-iron pivot windows with stone sills to front elevation, paired timber sash windows to rear elevation. Square-headed door opening with timber battened door. Boundary wall with random coursed stone elevations and square-headed door opening with yellow brick surround and timber panelled door.

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