Ounavarra House — Courtown

Detached five-bay two-storey house, extant 1852, on an asymmetrical plan with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to ground floor; single-bay full-height gabled projecting end bay (west) with single-bay full-height gabled advanced end bay (east). Occupied, 1901; 1911. Sold, 1972. Resold, 1979. Hipped slate roof with pitched (gabled) slate roofs (end bays), part perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles, red brick Common bond chimney stacks on red brick Common bond bases having chevron- or saw tooth-detailed corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, decorative timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins, and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes; pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch) with terracotta ridge tiles, decorative timber bargeboards on timber purlins, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters. Part creeper-covered roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth. Square-headed door opening (porch) with cut-granite step threshold, and moulded surround framing timber panelled double doors. Square-headed window openings ("cheeks") with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing wrought iron grillers over timber casement windows having lattice glazing bars. Square-headed window opening in tripartite arrangement (half-landing) with cut-granite sill, bull nose-detailed timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing wrought iron grille over timber casement windows having lattice glazing bars. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (end bays) with cut-granite sills, bull nose-detailed timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing wrought iron grilles over timber casement windows having lattice glazing bars. Set in landscaped grounds with granite ashlar piers to perimeter having ogee-detailed cornices below shallow pyramidal capping supporting spear head-detailed cast-iron double gates.