Coolbawn House — COOLBAWN DEMESNE

Detached five-bay two-storey over basement country house with dormer attic, built 1823-39, on a T-shaped plan centred on three-bay two-storey breakfront with single-bay two-stage projecting "tower" on a square plan. Vacant, 1883. In occasional use, 1911. Sold, 1917. Burnt, 1923. Now in ruins. Roof now missing with paired granite ashlar octagonal chimney stacks on cut-granite cushion courses on granite ashlar bases having stringcourses below "slated" capping supporting remains of yellow terracotta octagonal pots, lichen-spotted cut-granite coping to gables on pinnacle-topped cut-granite octagonal kneelers with pinnacles to apexes, and concealed rainwater goods with cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered granite ashlar walls on overgrown plinth with pinnacle-topped granite ashlar octagonal piers to corners centred on battlemented parapets having lichen-spotted cut-granite coping; part creeper- or ivy-covered granite ashlar surface finish ("tower") on overgrown plinth with pinnacle-topped granite ashlar octagonal piers to corners centred on Irish battlemented parapet on trefoil-detailed panelled frieze having lichen-spotted cut-granite coping. Central door opening in square-headed recess with overgrown threshold, cut-granite doorcase having engaged octagonal colonette-detailed reveals with "bas-relief" hood moulding. Square-headed window opening in quadripartite arrangement (first floor) with cut-granite mullions, and flush surround having moulded reveals with hood moulding. Square-headed flanking window openings in tripartite arrangement with cut-granite mullions, and cut-granite surrounds having moulded reveals. Paired square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement with cut-granite mullions, and flush surrounds having moulded reveals with hood mouldings. Interior in ruins including (ground floor): central hall; double-height staircase hall (west) with remains of cantilevered cut-granite staircase on a dog leg plan; and reception room (east). Set in overgrown grounds with wrought iron "estate railings" to perimeter.