Overview
Rockmore — FARRANABLAKE WEST is recorded as house in Galway. Detached three-bay single-storey house over raised basement, built c.1820, having two-bay side elevations, and various lower additions to rear. Hipped reslated roof with rendered chimneystacks centrally placed to valley.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached three-bay single-storey house over raised basement, built c.1820, having two-bay side elevations, and various lower additions to rear.
People and work
The saved account records: Hipped reslated roof with rendered chimneystacks centrally placed to valley.
How it changed
The saved account records: Rendered walls, with coursed dressed limestone to quoin pilasters and to entrance bay.
What survives
The saved account records: Double-leaf latticed wrought-iron gates to road entrance with cut limestone octagonal-plan piers with moulded cornices and plinths, and dressed limestone quadrant walls with slightly projecting alternate horizontal and vertical coping stones.
Why it mattered
Rockmore — FARRANABLAKE WEST matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: The villa-style house is quite rare in County Galway. The pilaster details are also unusual and the building is enhanced by its varied fenestration and the retention of timber sash windows and timber panelled door with geometric sidelights. Its setting, in mature grounds, is attractive. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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