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Thornfield — RATHBAL

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Thornfield — RATHBAL
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Detached three-bay (three-bay deep) two-storey pedimented dower house, extant 1878, on a symmetrical plan centred on single-bay single-storey pedimented projecting porch to ground floor. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Renovated, ----. Now disused. Pitched (gable-fronted) roofs including pitched (gabled) roof (porch), central chimney stack having cut-limestone stepped capping supporting crested terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal or tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Replacement cement rendered, ruled and lined wall to front (south) elevation on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered, ruled and lined monolithic "pilasters" to corners supporting lichen-covered "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" pediment. Square-headed window opening (porch) with cut-limestone sill, and concealed dressings with hood moulding framing two-over-two timber sash window. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings with hood mouldings framing two-over-two timber sash (ground floor) or replacement uPVC casement (first floor) windows. Set in unkempt landscaped grounds with wrought iron "estate railings" centred on cast-iron colonette piers supporting looped wrought iron double gates.

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