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Bessmount Park — DRUMRUTAGH

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Bessmount Park — DRUMRUTAGH
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Range of outbuildings, built c.1790, to rear (west) of Bessmount Park House, comprising L-plan block to west of house and rectangular-plan ranges to north-west and south-west of main block. Pitched slate roofs, hipped to west portion of east-west leg of L-plan, cut limestone bell-cote and cast-iron bell to roof, brick eaves courses and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughly coursed rubble stone walls having squared block-and-start quoins, painted to east elevation to interior of yard to rear of house. Cast-iron wall-ties to outbuilding range to south-west. Gauged masonry square-headed window openings, with six-over-six, two-over-two and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, windows to front (east) and rear elevations, some openings blocked. Square-headed window openings and slit openings, some having red brick surrounds. Gauged masonry square-headed door openings with timber battened doors and half-doors, some openings to rear at first floor level, accessed by flights of stone steps. Three-centred arch having gauged-brick voussoirs to front, and gauged masonry voussoirs to arch to rear allowing access through main range. Three-centred arch with tooled gauged masonry voussoirs to front of south-west outbuilding. Round-plan rubble stone piers having render capping abutting some walls.

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