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Mount Congreve — MOUNTCONGREVE (MID. BY.) KILMEADAN PAR.

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Mount Congreve — MOUNTCONGREVE (MID. BY.) KILMEADAN PAR.
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Detached three-bay single- and two-storey glass house, c.1850, comprising single-bay double-height central block (palm house) with single-bay single-storey flanking lateral wings (propagation houses). Hipped glazed roof to central block and pitched glazed roofs to wings in timber frames with timber ridges, louvered timber panelled vent to apex to central block having copper-clad elongated-pyramidal roof over, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed window openings to central block with 36/36 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with glazed timber panelled double doors. Square-headed window openings to wing with stone sills, and fixed-pane timber windows. Interior with limewashed lime rendered walls, planting beds, and cast-iron water pipes. Set in grounds shared with Mount Congreve in walled garden.

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