Cabinteely House — Old Bray Road

Detached nine-bay (three-bay deep) two-storey country house, built 1769, on a quadrangular plan originally nine-bay two-storey on a U-shaped plan; six-bay two-storey parallel block (west). Sold, 1883. "Improved" producing present composition. Leased, 1893-1911. In alternative use, 1914-8. Sold, 1921. Resold, 1933. Resold, 1984. Hipped slate roof behind parapet with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having thumbnail beaded stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and concealed rainwater goods retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls on cut-granite cushion course on granite ashlar plinth with urn-topped cut-granite coping to parapet. Square-headed central door opening approached by flight of five cut-granite steps, cut-granite columns on padstones having responsive pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice on blind frieze on entablature, and cut-granite monolithic surround framing timber panelled double doors. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-granite sills on fluted ogee consoles, and rendered surrounds with panelled pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed pediments on "Acanthus"-detailed fluted consoles framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and rendered surrounds centred on keystones framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central entrance hall on a square plan retaining Classical-style surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, timber panelled wainscoting supporting carved timber dado rail centred on Classical-style surround to door opening framing timber panelled double doors, and dentilated timber cornice to inlaid ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed inlaid ceiling rose; breakfast room (south) retaining Classical-style surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, timber chimneypiece, and moulded cornice to "bas-relief" neo-Jacobean ceiling; small dining room (south) retaining Classical-style surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, cut-Sienna marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and cornice to ceiling; dining room (north) retaining Classical-style surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, cut-black marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and decorative cornice to "bas-relief" neo-Jacobean ceiling on "bas-relief" frieze; corridor (west) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to opposing window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, moulded plasterwork cornice to coved ceiling, staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in volute, carved timber Classical-style surround to window opening to half-landing framing timber panelled reveals on panelled risers, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to opposing window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, and moulded plasterwork cornice to groin vaulted ceiling; (first floor): drawing room (north) retaining Classical-style surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, cut-Sienna marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and plasterwork cornice to coved ceiling on "bas-relief" frieze; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in landscaped grounds.