Strancally Castle — KILMANICHOLAS

Farmyard complex, c.1830, on a quadrangular plan about a courtyard comprising: (i) Detached fifteen-bay two-storey rubble stone outbuilding on a U-shaped plan comprising nine-bay two-storey main block with elliptical-headed carriageways to ground floor, single-bay two-storey higher entrance bay to centre having elliptical-headed carriageway, three-bay two-storey perpendicular wing to north-east having elliptical-headed carriageway to right ground floor, and six-bay two-storey perpendicular wing to south-east having elliptical-headed carriageway. Pitched and hipped slate roofs on a U-shaped plan (hipped to entrance bay) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, wrought iron weathervane to entrance bay, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered squared rubble stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, and rubble stone voussoirs. Louvered timber panel fittings with some 6/6 timber sash windows to perpendicular wing to south-east, and some window openings now boarded-up. Square-headed door openings with rubble stone voussoirs, and timber boarded doors. Elliptical-headed carriageways with rubble stone voussoirs, and timber boarded double doors. (ii) Detached eleven-bay two-storey rubble stone outbuilding to west with five-bay two-storey breakfront originally having elliptical-headed carriageways. Renovated, c.1980, with carriageways remodelled. Hipped slate roofs with rolled lead ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar. Square-headed window openings with cut-stone sills, cut-limestone surrounds having keystones, and 6/6 timber sash windows (some replacement, c.1980). Square-headed door openings with cut-limestone surrounds having keystones, and replacement timber panelled double doors, c.1980. Elliptical-headed carriageways remodelled, c.1980, with cut-limestone surrounds having keystones, concrete sills, c.1980, and fixed-pane timber windows, c.1980, having casement sections, and spoked fanlights over. (iii) Gateway to north-west comprising pair of rubble stone piers with traces of unpainted roughcast lime render over, cut-stone stringcourses, capping, wrought iron double gates, and sections of random rubble stone curved flanking walls having traces of unpainted roughcast lime render over, and cut-stone coping.