Sunnyside

Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1900, retaining early fenestration. Renovated, c.1950, with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch added to centre. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Rendered coping to gables. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990, on rendered eaves band. Flat-roof to porch behind blocking course. Materials not visible. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Rendered walls to porch with rendered dressings including piers and blocking course. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. 4/4 timber sash windows to ground floor. 2/2 timber sash windows to first floor. 1/1 timber sash window to porch. Square-headed door opening approached by flight of three stone steps. Glazed timber panelled door. Overlight. Set back from road in own mature landscaped grounds approached by avenue.

Sunnyside House is a fine, middle-size house that retains much of its original form and appearance – the additional porch to centre complements the design and has been built in keeping with the original character of the house. The house is of social and historic interest as one of the largest private houses in the locality of Kilcullen and was probably originally built by a local patron of significant status in the community, possibly related to the former corn mill located on the opposite side of Main Street (11819019/KD-28-19-19). The house, which has been relatively well maintained, retains many of its original features and materials, including timber sash fenestration and a slate roof, and it is possible that the interior also retains early fittings of note. Attractively set in its own grounds on an elevated site overlooking Kilcullen, the house is a picturesque feature in the locality.