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Woodlands House — Birr

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Woodlands House — Birr
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Detached three-bay three-storey house, built c.1810, with two-storey extension to sides, converted remains of outbuilding now abutting southern side of rear elevation, two-storey return and single- and two-storey extensions. Set within its own grounds. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and smooth rendered chimneystacks having terracotta pots. Hipped slate roofs side extensions. Smooth rendered chimneystack to hipped slate roof of return. Flat roofs to rear extensions. Pebbledashed walls with smooth rendered plinth. Timber sash windows with stone sill to ground and first floor of façade and concrete to second. Timber casement windows to extensions. Square-headed door opening to façade with replacement timber door, sidelight and overlights. Square-headed timber battened door to rear elevation. Original outbuildings have been demolished. Concrete block outbuildings to rear site with lean-to corrugated-iron roofs.

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