Ballygunner Castle — BALLYGUNNERCASTLE

Detached four-bay two-storey strong house with half-dormer attic, post-1640, built on site of and possibly incorporating fabric of medieval castle, c.1200, with six-bay three-storey rear (north-east) elevation. Renovated and remodelled, c.1800, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch added. Now disused. Pitched slate roof (gabled to porch) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, rendered coping, timber eaves to porch with diagonal tongue-and-groove timber panelling to gable, and cast-iron rainwater goods on lime rendered squared rubble stone eaves. Unpainted fine roughcast lime rendered walls over random rubble stone construction with remains of slight base batter. Square-headed window openings (some in bipartite arrangement) with cut-stone sills, and some incorporating cut-limestone surrounds of medieval provenance having mullions (forming paired elliptical-headed lights) and hood mouldings over. 1/1, 2/2 and 6/6 timber sash windows with some timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening to rear (north-east) elevation in round-headed recess with red brick dressings, and replacement timber panelled door, c.1900. Set back from road in own grounds. (ii) Detached four-bay two-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1800, to west. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack, and no rainwater goods on squared rubble stone eaves. Limewashed random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, timber lintels, and remains of 2/2 timber sash windows. Square-headed door openings with timber lintels, and remains of timber boarded doors. (iii) Detached six-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1800, to north-west possibly with half-attic. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack, and no rainwater goods on squared rubble stone eaves. Limewashed random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, timber lintels, and remains of 2/2 timber sash windows. Square-headed door openings with timber lintels, and remains of timber boarded doors.