What is recorded here
Springhill House in Grallagh welcomes you through a projecting porch while the old farm buildings crumble behind it. It has perfected the Irish method of preparing for visitors: lovely at the front, and God help whoever offers to go round the back.
Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1830, with a projecting entrance porch and return to rear. Single-bay single-storey extension to right-hand side. Single-storey rubble stone farm buildings to rear, now derelict.ROOF: Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and two nap rendered and one red brick chimney stack; clay pots, pitched slate roof to rear porch roof; cast-iron rainwater goods. WALLS: Rough cast render; rubble stone farm buildings with red brick dressings. OPENINGS: Square headed openings with patent reveals, granite cills, 1/1 timber sash and timber casement windows; segmental headed door opening with plain glass fanlight, timber panelled pilasters; sidelights and timber panelled door, c.1980.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11314005
This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.
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- C O'Flanagan, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- C O'Flanagan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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