Damerville Courts (in Ruins) — Deerpark (shronell Par.)

In grassland atop rise of ground with good views in all directions, two storey early 18th-century house of which only half of the front SE façade survives, of which only partially the W gable and part of the S façade is upstanding. Post-1700 house which was in ruins by 1776 (Lewis 1837, 554). No evidence of any building pre-1700 in area marked on latest ed. OS 6-inch map. Good evidence of early Georgian red brick incorporated into the fabric of the house, flat headed windows with bracket style keystone. Front wall of house constructed with rubble limestone and external render with good cut stone quoins all of which stands on a moulded protruding plinth. Remains of walled courtyard area to SW of house. House depicted on first ed. OS 6-inch map with central portion flanked on either side by a set back wing on either side of the central block of which only remains of the W wing survives. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011