Springfield in Kilmallock

Detached two-bay two-storey with dormer attic house, built c. 1890. Comprising timber portico to front (west) elevation, two-bay two-storey extension to north, bay window to south and full-height bay window to rear (east) elevations. Recent single-storey extension to east elevation. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, terracotta finials, render eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat roofs to bay windows. Roughcast rendered walls having render strip quoins and plinth course. Square-headed openings with twelve-over-one-pane timber sliding sash windows, having concrete sills throughout. Square-headed openings to bay windows with tripartite twelve-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening to rear, ground floor having tripartite twelve-over-one pane timber sliding sash window. Square-headed openings to north extension having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening to north extension, ground floor with tripartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Portico comprising square-profile fluted Doric style columns supporting entablature and cornice. Elliptical-headed opening having spoked fanlight over timber panelled door and paned sidelights with panelled timber risers and flanking timber pilasters. Limestone threshold to entrance. Three-bay single-storey with attic outbuilding to north having hipped slate roof. Roughly dressed limestone walls. Square-headed opening to attic with timber battened door. Square-headed opening having brick block-and-start surround, fixed window and concrete sill. Square-headed opening with glazed overlight over half-glazed timber battened door. Square-headed opening having timber lintel and double-leaf half-glazed timber panelled doors with flanking sidelights. Pair of cast-iron pier having single-leaf metal gate to west and limestone boundary walls with cast-iron railings.

This middle size house of reserved external appearance retains most of its original form and massing, together with a range of important salient features and materials. The portico adds artistic interest to the façade, and together with the sash windows and slate roof, help to conserve the original character of the house.