Raheens House — RAHEENS [CARR. BY.]

Detached three-bay two-storey over basement country house, built 1847-8, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay full-height pedimented breakfront; two-bay (east) or three-bay (west) full-height side elevations. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Vacated, 1932. "Closed", 1933. Sold, 1941. Vacant, 1945. In ruins, 1976. Hipped roof now missing with remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone stepped cornice. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed hammered limestone walls on lichen-covered drag edged cut-limestone cushion course on coursed hammered limestone base with tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening in tripartite arrangement approached by flight of three moss-covered cut-limestone steps with cut-limestone monolithic surround supporting lichen-covered "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice. Square-headed window opening (first floor) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sill, and red brick block-and-start surround supporting tooled cut-limestone voussoirs with two-over-two timber sash window now missing. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds supporting tooled cut-limestone voussoirs with one-over-one (ground floor) or two-over-two (first floor) timber sash windows now missing. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds with six-over-six timber sash windows now missing. Interior in ruins including (ground floor): central hall on a square plan with remains of run moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; drawing room (east) with no fittings surviving; dining room (west) with elliptical-headed buffet niche. Set in unkempt grounds.