Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Fota House — FOATY

farmyard complex
View what I want to do
Fota House — FOATY
Photo: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Open the original picture · Website use allowed for educational or private purposes with source credit · Report the wrong picture · If this is your picture and you want it taken down, email me.
Know this place?

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

Farmyard complex, built c. 1820, comprising two multiple-bay two-storey blocks, that to east double-pile, that to west extending beyond north wall of yard forming secondary yard to north-west. Primary yard enclosed to north and south by rubble limestone walls. Pitched slate roofs to east block, pitched corrugated asbestos roof to west block, both having ashlar limestone chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Exposed random rubble limestone walls, some render remaining to west block and rear (east) elevation of east block. Square-headed openings with cut limestone sills, red brick surrounds and eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows. Circular openings to first floor of west block. Square-headed door openings with timber battened doors and fixed pane overlights. Round-headed door opening to east elevation of east block with spoked fanlight and square-headed timber battened door. Segmental-arched carriage arch openings to enclosing walls to north and south of yard, comprising coursed tooled limestone walls with square-headed blind openings and tooled limestone voussoirs. Cobbles with red brick drainage channels to ground surface of yard.

This official record and map point do not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.