Riverston, house in County Tipperary

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Detached five-bay two-storey house over basement, built c.1775, flanked by projecting single-bay single-storey half-octagonal plan wings, having half-octagonal bow to central bay and with single-storey extension to west. Hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and with limestone balustrade with urns to main block. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with rendered platbands, cornice, quoins and plinth. Square-headed one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with stone sills and external timber shutter additions. Limestone pediments to first floor openings, stone cornices and floral friezes to ground floor openings and having tripartite windows with render swag decoration above to wings. Square-headed timber panelled doors with moulded render surrounds with decorative monogram to side walls of projecting central bay, approached by flights of limestone steps. Extension has pitched slate roof, rendered walls with render quoins and metal casement windows. Outbuilding to northwest with pitched slate and corrugated-iron roof and partly-stone walls. Outbuilding to north with limestone rubble walls and hipped slate roof with lean-to slate-roofed open-side addition to front and with segmental carriage arch with dressed stone voussoirs and keystone, with timber and iron gated openings and timber battened doors. Stone boundary walls to site.

The symmetry and unusual form of this house, with the projecting central bay and flanking wings, mark it as being of obvious architectural significance. It retains interesting features such as the stone balustrade, doorcase and windows decorations. The varying style of windows provides the building with an interesting rhythm. The outbuildings are also well-designed and built and retain many original features.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 22305110

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