Seefin House, County Offaly

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Detached corner-sited L-plan three-bay two-storey house, built c.1870, with gable and projecting single-storey porch to façade and pair of gables to side elevation. Set back from street. Pitched tiled roof with rendered chimneystacks, timber bargeboards and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered plinth and roughcast rendered walls. Round-headed window openings to first floor of façade with timber sash windows and stone sills. Square-headed window openings throughout with timber casement windows with stone sills. Round-headed recessed door opening having coved rendered surround within porch with timber doorcase comprising pilasters supporting frieze cornice and fanlight. Timber panelled door with stone threshold. Front site bound by limestone plinth wall surmounted by cast-iron railings and accessed by cast-iron gates. Square-headed carriage arch opening with timber battened doors gives access to rear.

Seffin House stands on the corner of a crossroads which leads into the town of Birr. Its irregular plan is both eye catching and appealing. It retains its character and charm due to the retention of such features as its small round-headed timber sash windows, attractive entranceway and unique roofline. This urban house makes a positive addition to the streetscape and the architectural heritage of the locality.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14820006

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post box39 yd

Explorer Tom Post box in Seefin has caught my eye in Seefin, County Offaly. I bet a post box with a name like that could keep me talking all afternoon; I'm already inventing a daft little scene for it, and I'll stop before it turns into history.

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Hillside HouseHouse · 268 yd

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Prison in Townparks (ballybrit By.)Prison · 822 ydComputer-made picture. It does not show this monument.

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Sheela-na-gig in Townparks (ballybrit By.)Sheela-na-gig · 879 ydComputer-made picture. It does not show this monument.

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Birr PlaygroundChildren's playground · 937 ydComputer-made picture. It does not show this playground.

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Birr CastleWorker's house · 986 yd

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Oriental plane1072 yd

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