Swiss Cottage

Detached four-bay single-storey house with attic storey, built c.1820 and extensively altered c.1880, with projecting flat-roofed three-bay single-storey porch to entrance front (northeast) and return to rear to east end. Pitched natural slate roof with two rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Four dormer windows to entrance front with decorative bargeboards over. Ruled-and-line rendered walls with applied rendered/stucco decoration, including decorative plinth with incised panels and quoins to corners. Projecting porch to front has 'belt-buckle' quoins to corners and a decorative cornice with dentils. Square-headed window openings with plain rendered surrounds, cut stone sills and replacement windows. Central square-headed doorcase to porch with plain rendered surround and replacement door. Set back from the main road in own grounds with boundary wall to front (northwest) with render/stucco decoration and wrought-iron gate. Located to the northeast of Tyrrellspass adjacent to main Dublin-Galway road.

A well-detailed and appealing structure, which retains its early form and character. The unusual applied stucco decoration to the house and to the boundary wall, helps to elevate this modest-sized structure and give it a strong presence in the landscape. The attractive boundary walls and the fine wrought-iron gate complete the setting and add to this attractive composition.