Brandon House — New Ross

Detached three-bay (two-bay deep) single-storey triple gable-fronted house with half-dormer attic, extant 1874, on a rectangular plan; three-bay full-height rear (south) elevation. Sold, 1883. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1968, to accommodate alternative use. Resold, 1982. Resold, 1996. Extended, ----, producing present composition. Pitched (triple gable-fronted) slate roofs on an E-shaped plan with pitched slate roof (south), roll moulded terracotta ridge tiles, paired red brick Running bond central chimney stacks on lichen-spotted cut-granite chamfered cushion courses on red brick Running bond bases having lichen-spotted cut-granite capping supporting terracotta pots, cut-granite coping to gables on kneelers with trefoil finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite cornice retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Cut-granite banded red brick Flemish bond walls on cut-granite chamfered plinth with paired blue brick stringcourses. Obliterated central door opening. Square-headed window openings (half-dormer attic), cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with blue brick pointed-arch relieving arches framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to rear (south) elevation, cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals (ground floor) or cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with blue brick pointed-arch relieving arches (half-dormer attic) framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set in relandscaped grounds.