What is recorded here

Three-bay three-storey barn, built c.1865, and associated with former stable block of Hope Castle demesne. Pitched fibre-cement slate roof with plain brick cornice holding replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Coursed rubble limestone walls with punch-finished sandstone quoins and brick dressings around square-headed openings which have sandstone sills and replacement timber window frames. One three-centred arch opening to south elevation on ground floor. Interior appears to be gutted. Ground rises steeply to west and south, enclosing building between embankment and former stable block.

The high standard of masonry places this apparently agricultural building in the same date range as the adjacent former stable block. It is sited where a range of office buildings south of the former stable block were located during at the time of the first Ordnance Survey and may incorporate some of this earlier building in its fabric. The building formed part of the development of one of Monaghan's most significant demesnes.

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