Ballynahown Court

Detached three-bay three-storey over basement country house, built c.1746, having a three-bay single-storey wing, added c.1850, to the southwest. Five-bay elevation to the northwest façade of main house. Shallow hipped natural slate roof, hidden behind raised parapet with an ashlar limestone eaves cornice with blocking course over, having a central brick chimneystack aligned parallel to roof ridge. Constructed of red brick over a moulded ashlar limestone plinth with an ashlar string course at first floor level and flush ashlar limestone quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in size towards the eaves, having moulded cut stone architraves, cut stone sills and with timber sliding sash windows (two-over-two pane to ground floor, nine-over-six to first floor and three-over-three to second floor). Pedimented window opening to the centre of the ground floor on five-bay northwest facing elevation. Cut-stone architraves with moulded cut stone entablatures over to window openings on single-storey wing to the southwest. Central pedimented tripartite Tuscan cut stone doorcase with sidelights (having leaded geometric glazing) and timber panelled double doors having a spoke fanlight over to the entrance façade (southwest). Flight of cut stone steps flanked by decorative cast-iron railings gives access to the doorway over basement. Ashlar limestone plinth wall (with cut stone coping over) surrounds basement to entrance front. Set well back from road in extensive mature parkland grounds with main entrance gates (15403506) and a gate lodge (15403505) to the east and an extensive complex of outbuildings (15403515) and a walled garden to the southwest and south. Located to the south of Athlone and to the northwest of Ballynahown village.